Sevoflurane anaesthesia in paediatric patients: Better than halothane?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 280-286

  Michalek Sauberer, A ^a,b   Wildling, E ^a   Pusch, F ^a   Semsroth, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics, sevoflurane; Patients, paediatric

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031842699     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003643-199805000-00006     Document Type: Article

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