Conscious sedation for in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 799-808

  Trout, Susan W ^a,b   Vallerand, April Hazard ^c   Kemmann, Ekkehard ^b  

^a Univ Ctr for Repro Endocrinol   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Conscious sedation; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; FENTANYL CITRATE; FLUMAZENIL; HYDROXYZINE; HYDROXYZINE EMBONATE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPOFOL;

ANALGESIA; APNEA; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFUSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032080091     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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