Remifentanil and the tunnelling phase of paediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion. A double-blind, randomised, prospective study

Anaesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-139

  Chambers, N ^a,b   Lopez, T ^a   Thomas, J ^a   James, M F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesic drugs; opioids, remifentanil; Complications; respiratory depression, delayed recovery; Surgery; paediatric, neurosurgical

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; REMIFENTANIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BALANCED ANESTHESIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EXTUBATION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEWBORN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; STRESS; TRACHEA; WARD;

AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PIPERIDINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0036171405     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0003-2409.2001.02398.x     Document Type: Article

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