Effect of pre-treatment with intravenous atropine or glycopyrrolate on cardiac arrhythmias during halothane anaesthesia for adenoidectomy in children

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 756-760

  Annila, Päivi ^a   Rorarius, Michael ^b   Reinikainen, Pekka ^b   Oikkonen, Markku ^b   Baer, Gerhard ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia paediatric; Anaesthetics volatile halothane; Arrhythmias cardiac; Premedication atropine glycopyrrolate

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HALOTHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031744490     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/80.6.756     Document Type: Article

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