A comparison of train-of-four monitoring: Mechanomyography at the thumb vs acceleromyography at the big toe

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 550-555

  Heier, Tom ^a   Hetland, S ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acceleromyography; Adductor pollicis; Drugs; Equipment; Flexor hallucis brevis; Mechanomyography; Monitoring; Muscle; Myograph 2000; Neuromuscular function; Propofol; TOF Guard; Train of four; Vecuronium

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HALLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNX MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB;

EID: 0032932535     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430511.x     Document Type: Article

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