Remifentanil for conscious sedation and analgesia during awake fiberoptic tracheal intubation: A case report with pharmacokinetic simulations

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-68

  Reusche, Mark D ^a   Egan, Talmage D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Angina, Ludwig's; Intubation, intratracheal, fiberoptic; Remifentanil; Sedation, conscious

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; OPIATE; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; LUDWIG ANGINA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PIPERIDINES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033007081     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(98)00127-5     Document Type: Article

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