Atracurium during thoracic surgery: Impaired efficiency in septic processes

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-29

  Knüttgen, Dirk ^a   Jahn, Monika ^a   Zeidler, Dietmar ^a   Doehn, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atracurium; Infection; Inflammation; Neuromuscular relaxants; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; THORAX SURGERY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0033048644     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(99)90168-4     Document Type: Article

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