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Respiratory Depression in Goats by Stable Xenon
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1987
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CaprinePractical ImportanceAnesthetic PharmacologyHealth SciencesAnimal PhysiologyAnesthesia PracticeNervous SystemPharmacologyAnaesthetic AgentBiologyNitrous OxideNeurophysiologyAnimal SciencePhysiologyAnimal HealthVeterinary ScienceStable XenonCentral Nervous SystemAnesthesiaMedicineAnesthesiology
The pharmacology of stable xenon is of practical importance to users of the xenon CT-regional cerebral blood flow method. In a study in goats we have demonstrated that xenon has a characteristic respiratory depressant effect, unlike effects of comparable anesthetic concentrations of nitrous oxide and halothane.