Effects of hypothermia and sternal retractors on median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 843-848

  Porkkala, T ^a,b   Kaukinen, S ^b   Hakkinen V ^b   Jantti V ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Coronary artery bypass; Evoked potentials; Hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass; Nervous system; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal nerves; Surgery, operative

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LORAZEPAM; PANCURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTOR; STERNUM;

EID: 0030743194     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1997.tb04798.x     Document Type: Article

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