Physostigmine reverses propofol-induced unconsciousness and attenuation of the auditory steady state response and bispectral index in human volunteers

Anesthesiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 708-717

  Meuret, Pascal ^a   Backman, Steven B ^a,b   Bonhomme, Vincent ^a   Plourde, Gilles ^a,b   Fiset, Pierre ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticholinesterase; Awareness; EEG

Indexed keywords

PHYSOSTIGMINE; PROPOFOL; SCOPOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AWARENESS; CATHETER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEADY STATE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0033822163     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200009000-00020     Document Type: Article

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