Atropine prevents midazolam-induced core hypothermia in elderly patients

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 504-508

  Matsukawa, Takashi ^a   Ozaki, Makoto ^a,b   Nishiyama, Tomoki ^a,c   Imamura, Makoto ^a   Iwamoto, Ryuich ^a   Iijima, Tetsuya ^a   Kumazawa, Teruo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anesthesia: atropine, midazolam, premedication; Temperature: hypothermia, sweating, thermoregulation, vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AGED; ATROPINE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; PREMEDICATION;

EID: 0034750627     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(01)00313-0     Document Type: Article

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