Propofol toxicity in critically ill pediatric patients: Show us the proof

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1959-1960

  Susla, Gregory M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradyarrhythmia; Critically ill; Hypertension; Intensive care; Lactic acidemia; Lipemia; Oliguria; Pediatric; Propofol

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG TOXICITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; OLIGURIA; PROPOFOL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032428109     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199812000-00019     Document Type: Editorial

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