The effects of dexmedetomidine on neuromuscular blockade in human volunteers

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 633-639

  Talke, Pekka O ^a   Caldwell, James E ^a   Richardson, Charles A ^b   Kirkegaard Nielsen, Hans ^a   Stafford, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0033020024     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199903000-00031     Document Type: Article

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