Distinct central anticholinergic syndrome following general anaesthesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-23

  Link, J ^a   Papadopoulos, G ^c   Dopjans, D ^a   Guggenmoos Holzmann, I ^b   Eyrich, K ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Inst F Med Stat I   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Central anticholinergic syndrome; General anaesthesia; Incidence; Physostigmine

Indexed keywords

PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OVARIECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0030861497     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003643-199701000-00004     Document Type: Article

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