Premedication for outpatient cataract surgery: a comparative study of intramuscular alfentanil, midazolam and placebo

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 559-563

  Virkkila M E J ^a   Ali Melkkila T M ^a   Kanto, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alfentanil; cataract surgery; midazolam; outpatient anesthesia; premedication

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMEDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALFENTANIL; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGE; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION;

EID: 0026749143     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1992.tb03518.x     Document Type: Article

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