The staircase phenomenon: Implications for monitoring of neuromuscular transmission

Anesthesiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 403-407

  Kopman, Aaron F ^a,b   Kumar, Sanjeev ^b   Klewicka, Monika M ^b   Neuman, George G ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL;

ACCELEROMYOGRAPH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0034900858     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200108000-00023     Document Type: Article

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