Is nitrous oxide necessary in the future?

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 981-987

  Baum, Victor C ^a   Willschke, Harald ^b   Marciniak, Bruno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

anesthetic safety; general anesthesia; history of anesthesia; nitrous oxide; NMDA antagonists; pediatric anesthesia

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

AGITATION; ANESTHESIA; BRAIN RELAXATION; BREATHING; CEREBRAL VASODILATION; DRUG SAFETY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIAC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMANS; NITROUS OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84866241576     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pan.12006     Document Type: Review

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