Spinal anaesthesia with gamma hydroxybutyrate. A study in a rat model

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 330-338

  Chanimov, M ^a   Bahar, M ^a   Cohen, M L ^a   Brenner, R ^a   Koifman, I ^a   Grinshpon, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gamma Hydroxybutyrate; spinal anaesthesia, rat intravenous anaesthetics; Gamma aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FENTANYL;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HINDLIMB; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; FENTANYL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATION; SODIUM OXYBATE;

EID: 0033065394     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1999.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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