Respiratory mechanics and morphometric changes during anesthesia with ketamine in normal rats

Ketamine is believed to reduce airway and pulmonary tissue resistance. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of ketamine on the resistive, elastic and viscoelastic/inhomogeneous mechanical properties of the respiratory system, lungs and chest wall, and to relate the mechanical da...

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Main Authors: O. Alves-Neto, P. Tavares, P.R.M. Rocco, W.A. Zin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2001-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000900016