A small dose of midazolam decreases the time to achieve hypnosis without delaying emergence during short-term propofol anesthesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 277-280

  Adachi, Yushi U ^a   Watanabe, Kazuhiko ^a   Higuchi, Hideyuki ^a,b   Satoh, Tetsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug interactions; Emergence; Flumazenil; Hypnosis; Midazolam; Propofol

Indexed keywords

CINCHOCAINE; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INFUSION PUMP; MINOR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; AGED; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034929865     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(01)00265-3     Document Type: Article

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