Assessment of anaesthesia depth

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1087-1100

  Heier, T ^a   Steen, P A ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anesthesia depth; Anesthesia: general; Anesthetics: volatile, intravenous; Complications: awareness; MACs (minimum alveolar concentration); Monitoring: EEG, EMG, esophagus motility, evoked potentials, isolated forearm technique, peripheral nerve stimulation; Neuromuscular blockade

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029904909     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb05570.x     Document Type: Review

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