Propofol and alfentanil prevent the increase in intraocular pressure caused by succinylcholine and endotracheal intubation during a rapid sequence induction of anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 814-817

  Zimmerman, A Andrew ^a,b   Funk, Kent J ^a   Tidwell, James L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALFENTANIL; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROPOFOL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 0029862223     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199610000-00028     Document Type: Article

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