Evoked responses in anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 771-781

  Thornton, C ^a   Sharpe, R M ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, depth; Brain, evoked potential; Memory; Monitoring, evoked potential

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGE; ANATOMY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; AWARENESS; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; LASER; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOCICEPTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SLEEP; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0031772264     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.5.771     Document Type: Review

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