Propofol influences the electroretinogram to a lesser degree than thiopentone

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 480-485

  Tanskanen, P ^a,b   Kylma, T ^a   Kommonen, B ^a   Karhunen, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anesthetics, intravenous: propofol, thiopentone; Electroretinogram; Retina

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SWINE;

EID: 0029923489     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb04472.x     Document Type: Article

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