European journal of anaesthesiology
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Comparative Study
Postconditioning by xenon and hypothermia in the rat heart in vivo.
Hypothermia protects against myocardial reperfusion injury. However, inducing hypothermia takes time, which makes it unsuitable as an emergency treatment. Combining mild hypothermia with low-dose xenon, applied either simultaneously or one after the other, protects the neonatal rat brain against reperfusion injury. We investigated whether xenon, administered prior to hypothermia or simultaneously with hypothermia, also protects the rat heart from reperfusion injury. ⋯ The combination of xenon 20% and hypothermia of 34 degrees C, applied during early reperfusion, reduces infarct size in the rat heart in vivo.
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Comment Letter Comparative Study
Comparison of safety and efficacy of Supreme laryngeal mask airway and ProSeal laryngeal mask airway.