The safety and effectiveness of remifentanil as an adjunct sedative for regional anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 134-140

  Lauwers, Marylin ^a   Camu, Frederic ^a   Breivik, Harald ^b   Hagelberg, Anders ^c   Rosen, Michael ^d   Sneyd, Robert ^e   Horn, Allan ^f   Noronha, Druscilla ^g   Shaikh, Soraya ^g  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norra Alvsborgs Länssjukhus ^*  (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SWEATING; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERIDINES; PLACEBOS;

EID: 0032924615     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199901000-00025     Document Type: Article

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