A comparison of mivacurium dosage requirements during isoflurane and desflurane anesthesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 301-306

  Gan, Tong J ^a   Quill, Timothy J ^b   Pressley, Christopher ^a   Parrillo, Stephen ^a   Glass, Peter S A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuromuscular blockers: mivacurium infusion; volatile anesthetics: isoflurane, desflurane

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; MIVACURIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029998462     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0952-8180(96)00039-6     Document Type: Article

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