RT Book, Section
A1 Schneir, Aaron
A2 Olson, Kent R.
A2 Anderson, Ilene B.
A2 Benowitz, Neal L.
A2 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 Clark, Richard F.
A2 Kearney, Thomas E.
A2 Kim-Katz, Susan Y.
A2 Wu, Alan H. B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1174606646
T1 NITROUS OXIDE
T2 Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071839792
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174606646
RD 2024/04/20
AB Nitrous  oxide,  or  laughing  gas,  is  used  as  an  adjuvant  for  general  anesthesia,  an  anesthetic  and  analgesic  agent  for  minor  procedures,  and  a  propellant  in  many  commercial  products,  such  as  whipped  cream  and  cooking  oil  spray.  ("Whippets"  are  small  cartridges  of  nitrous  oxide  that  can  be  purchased  at  restaurant  supply  stores,  grocery  convenience  stores,  and  "head  shops.")  Nitrous  oxide  is  used  by  many  US  dentists,  in  some  cases  without  adequate  scavenging  equipment.  Abuse  of  nitrous  oxide  is  not  uncommon  in  the  medical  and  dental  professions.