Transient muscular spasm after a large dose of intrathecal sufentanil

Anesthesiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1513-1515

  Malinovsky, J M ^a   Lepage, J Y ^b   Cozian, A ^b   Lechevalier, T ^b  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthetic technique, spinal: intrathecal anesthesia; Anesthetics, opioids: sufentanil; Complications: neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; SUFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL CITRATE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYSTOSCOPY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROTOXICITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 0029954460     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199606000-00032     Document Type: Article

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