Remifentanil, fentanyl, and cardiac surgery: A double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial of costs and outcomes

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 805-812

  Myles, Paul S ^a   Hunt, Jennifer O ^a   Fletcher, Helen ^a   Watts, Jennifer ^a   Bain, David ^a   Silvers, Andrew ^a   Buckland, Mark R ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0036785712     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200210000-00004     Document Type: Article

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