Comparison of propofol and methohexitone as anaesthetic agents for electroconvulsive therapy

Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 459-462

  DWYER, R ^a   McCAUGHEY, W ^a   LAVERY, J ^a   McCARTHY, G ^a   DUNDEE, J W ^a  

^a CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics, intravenous; propofol; Electroconvulsive therapy

Indexed keywords

METHOHEXITAL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEIZURE; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHOHEXITAL; MIDDLE AGE; PHENOLS; PROPOFOL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023886210     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb06631.x     Document Type: Article

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