Sodium methohexital (Brevital) as an anesthetic in the Wada test

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1056-1061

  Buchtel, Henry A ^a,b   Passaro, Erasmo A ^c   Selwa, Linda M ^c   Deveikis, John ^c   Gomez Hassan, Diana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amobarbital; Brevital; Injections; Intraarterial; Intracarotid; Methohexital; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; METHOHEXITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEGLECT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; WADA TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMOBARBITAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MEMORY; METHOHEXITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0036712861     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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