British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2003, Vol. 91, No. 5 709-717
© 2003 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
Xenon: no stranger to anaesthesia
1 Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, and 2 Biophysics Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, UK. 3 Magill Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Corresponding author. E-mail: m.maze@ic.ac.uk
Declaration of interest. Professor Maze and Professor Franks are Board members of an Imperial College spin-out company (Protexeon Ltd) that is interested in developing clinical applications for medical gases, including xenon. Both Professor Franks and Professor Maze are paid consultants in this activity. In addition, Air Products have funded, and continue to fund, work in the authors laboratories that bears on the actions of xenon as an anaesthetic and neuroprotectant, and Air Products has a financial stake in Protexeon Ltd.
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