Awareness during general anaesthesia: Extent of the problem and approaches to prevention

CNS Drugs

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-190

  Daunderer, Michael ^a   Schwender, Dierk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DESFLURANE; DROPERIDOL; ENFLURANE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; METHOHEXITAL; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE AGONIST; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA LEVEL; AUDITORY MEMORY; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033824957     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-200014030-00001     Document Type: Review

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