Potency and time course of action of rocuronium during desflurane and isoflurane anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 488-491

  Kumar, N ^a   Mirakhur, R K ^a   Symington, M J J ^a   Mccarthy, G J ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics volatile, desflurane; Anaesthetics volatile, isoflurane; Neuromuscular block, measurement of response; Neuromuscular block, rocuronium; Potency, anaesthetic, ED50

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0029823873     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/77.4.488     Document Type: Article

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