Effects of halothane and sevoflurane on QT dispersion in paediatric patients

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-227

  Gürkan, Yavuz ^a,b   Canatay, Hakan ^a   Agacdiken, Aysen ^a   Ural, Ertan ^a   Toker, Kamil ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kalamis   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Corrected QT dispersion; Halothane; QT dispersion; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AIR; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS;

EID: 0037243490     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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