Is an infusion pump necessary to safely administer remifentanil?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 713-716

  Fragen, Robert J ^a   Fitzgerald, Paul C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034006734     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200003000-00037     Document Type: Article

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