Remifentanil administration during monitored anesthesia care: Are intermittent boluses an effective alternative to a continuous infusion?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 518-522

  Sá Rêgo, Mônica M ^a   Inagaki, Yoshimi ^a   White, Paul F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; UROLITHIASIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0033008486     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199903000-00009     Document Type: Article

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