This wonder-working gas

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 955-958

  Hogan, Kirk ^a   Myles, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84876758928     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318271fafb     Document Type: Review

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