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| • | Nitrous
oxide is inert |
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| • | Quickly
absorbed from the alveoli of the |
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and physically dissolved in the blood |
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| • | Eliminated
unchanged from the body |
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| • | Gas
is rapidly excreted from the lungs when |
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concentration gradient is reversed |
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