(Bernards) Associate Professor of Anesthesiology.
(Kern) Visiting Scientist.
(Cullen) Professor of Anesthesiology.
Received from the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington. Submitted for publication November 16, 1995. Accepted for publication February 13, 1996. Supported by grants from the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research and by the University of Washington Royalty Research Fund. Presented in part at the annual meeting of the International Anesthesia Research Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 10-14, 1995.
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