Concentration-effect relationships of eltanolone given as a bolus dose or constant rate intravenous infusion to healthy male volunteers

Anesthesiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1317-1326

  Wessén, Arne ^a,c   Parivar, Kourosh ^b   Widman, Marianne ^b   Nilsson, Anders ^b   Hartvig, Per ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Sweden)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anesthetics, intravenous: eltanolone; pregnanolone; Pharmacodynamics: eltanolone; pregnanolone

Indexed keywords

ELTANOLONE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANOLONE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029894153     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199606000-00007     Document Type: Article

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