Rapid attainment of steady state plasma drug concentrations within precise limits

Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-328

  Korman, Ben ^a,c   Jennings, Les S ^b   Rigg, John R A ^c  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques; Continuous infusion; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

AMRINONE; ESMOLOL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; THEOPHYLLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TECHNIQUE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHARMACOKINETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032463760     PISSN: 0090466X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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