Controversial issues in adult and paediatric ambulatory anaesthesia: Is there a role for alpha-2 agonists in conscious sedation in adults and paediatric ambulatory surgical practice?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 619-624

  Wilhelm, Stefan ^a   Maze, Mervyn ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONIDINE; DESFLURANE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MIVAZEROL; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; NAUSEA; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; VOMITING;

EID: 0033667896     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200012000-00002     Document Type: Review

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