Skin application of isoflurane attenuates the responses to a mechanical and an electrical stimulation

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1151-1155

  Fassoulaki, Argyro ^a,b   Sarantopoulos, Constantine ^a,c   Karabinis, George ^a   Derveniotis, Christos ^a  

^a SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin ^*  (Greece)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; WATER;

ANALGESIA; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032467756     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012455     Document Type: Article

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