Assessment of accelerography with the TOF-GUARD®: A comparison with electromyography

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 623-629

  Dahaba, A A ^a   Rehak, P H ^a   List, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Equipment; Monitoring, neuromuscular function, accelerography, electromyography, train of four, first twitch; Neuromuscular block

Indexed keywords

VECURONIUM;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 0031446740     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026502159700104X     Document Type: Article

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