The effects of propofol on heart rate, arterial pressure and Aδ and C somatosympathetic reflexes in anaesthetized dogs

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-63

  Whitwam, J G ^a,c   Galletly, D C ^b   Ma, D ^a   Chakrabarti, M K ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Flat 47 a Regis House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A and C; Circulation; Heart rate and blood pressure; Intravenous anaesthetic; Nerve fibre; Nociceptive reflex; Propofol; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCULATION; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER C; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HEART RATE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY; LINEAR MODELS; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROPOFOL; RADIAL NERVE; REFLEX; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0034066237     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.2000.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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