Analgesic effect in humans of subanaesthetic isoflurane concentrations evaluated by evoked potentials

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-42

  Roth, D ^a   Petersen Felix, S ^a   Bak, P ^b   Arendt Nielsen, L ^b   Fischer, M ^a   Bjerring, P ^c   Zbinden, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics volatile, isoflurane; Monitoring, evoked potentials; Pain, experimental

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030048283     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.1.38     Document Type: Article

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