Intubating conditions and onset of action after rocuronium, vecuronium, and atracurium in young children

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 320-324

  Scheiber, Gerd ^a   Ribeiro, Flǎvio C ^a   Marichal, Albert ^a   Bredendiek, Martin ^a   Renzing, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; ROCURONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANDROSTANOLS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ATRACURIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NITROUS OXIDE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 0030017001     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199608000-00020     Document Type: Article

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