Resistance to vecuronium in burned children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-118

  Uyar, Mehmet ^a   Hepaguslar H ^a   Ugur G ^a   Balcioglu T ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burns; Resistance; Vecuronium

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXCISION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYOGRAPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN AUTOGRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 0032993843     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.9220328.x     Document Type: Article

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