Sustained prolongation of the QTc interval after anesthesia with sevoflurane in infants during the first 6 months of life

Anesthesiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 639-642

  Loeckinger, Alex ^a   Kleinsasser, Axel ^b   Maier, Stephan ^a   Furtner, Bernhard ^a   Keller, Christian ^a   Kuehbacher, Gabriele ^a   Lindner, Karl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; SEVOFLURANE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037371804     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200303000-00011     Document Type: Article

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