Pre-mixed nitrous oxide-oxygen analgesia in the ambulance service
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The levels of nitrous oxide analgesia.
The literature on the effects of various levels of nitrous oxide is reviewed. The rapid uptake and excretion of the gas facilitates the recognition of four levels or zones depending upon the concentration used. In the lightest level of nitrous oxide, Zone 1, moderate analgesia is present with few side effects. In Zone 2 psychological side effects of dissociation are present in addition to more ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1972.tb08257.x