The influence of the α2-adrenoceptor agonist, clonidine, on the EEG and on the MAC of isoflurane

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-110

  El Kerdawy, H M M ^a,b   Van Zalingen, E E ^a   Bovill, J G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alpha2 adrenoceptor agonist; Clonidine; EEG; Intravenous; Isoflurane; Minimal alveolar concentration

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; ISOFLURANE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETOMIDATE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIDAL VOLUME;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLONIDINE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0033624816     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.2000.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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