Postoperative changes in visual evoked potentials and cognitive function tests following sevoflurane anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 855-859

  Iohom, G ^a   Collins, I ^a   Murphy, D ^a   Awad, I ^a   O'Connor, G ^a   McCarthy, N ^a   Shorten, G ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, inhalational; Anaesthetics volatile; Monitoring; Recovery, cognitive; Sevoflurane; Visual evoked potentals

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; SEVOFLURANE; TENOXICAM; VECURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0035195154     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/87.6.855     Document Type: Article

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