The safety of addition of nitrous oxide to general anaesthesia in at-risk patients having major non-cardiac surgery (ENIGMA-II): A randomised, single-blind trial

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9952, 2014, Pages 1446-1454

  Myles, Paul S ^a,b   Leslie, Kate ^b,c   Chan, Matthew T V ^d   Forbes, Andrew ^b   Peyton, Philip J ^e   Paech, Michael J ^f   Beattie, W Scott ^g   Sessler, Daniel I ^h   Devereaux, P J ⁱ   Silbert, Brendan ^j   Schricker, Thomas ^k   Wallace, Sophie ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^j ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR NON CARDIAC SURGERY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE FEVER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SURGICAL INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROUS OXIDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84908280099     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60893-X     Document Type: Article

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