Direct measurement of nitrous oxide kinetics

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 776-781

  Drummond, G B ^a   Fisher, L ^a   Pumphrey, O ^a   Kennedy, R R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular circulation; nitrous oxide; pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84867493901     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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