The pharmacokinetics and steady state pharmacodynamics of mivacurium in children

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 978-983

  Markakis, Dorothea A ^b   Lau, Marie ^b   Brown, Ronald ^b   Luks, Andrew M ^b   Sharma, Manohar L ^b   Fisher, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drug infusions; Muscle relaxants; Plasma cholinesterase; Pseudocholinesterase

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; MIVACURIUM; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG CLEARANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STEREOISOMERISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINESTERASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOFLURANE; ISOQUINOLINES; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NITROUS OXIDE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0031921334     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199804000-00018     Document Type: Article

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