Administration to humans of ORG 21465, a water soluble steroid i.v. anaesthetic agent

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 427-432

  Sneyd, J R ^a   Wright, P M C ^a,b   Cross, M ^a,c   Thompson, P ^a,c   Voortman, G ^a,d   Weideman, M M ^a,e   Andrews, C J H ^a   Daniell, C J ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Phase I Clinical Trials Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

^e Organon Teknika N V   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics i.v., steroid; Pharmacokinetics, ORG 21465; Pharmacology, ORG 21465; Sedation

Indexed keywords

2BETA (2,2 DIMETHYLMORPHOLINO) 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNANE 11,20 DIONE; HISTAMINE; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXCITATION; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJECTION PAIN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

EID: 0030863895     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/79.4.427     Document Type: Article

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