Influence of the cortical electrical activity level during general anaesthesia on the severity of immediate postoperative pain in the morbidly obese

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 804-808

  Gurman, Gabriel M ^a,b   Popescu, M ^a   Weksler, N ^a   Steiner, O ^a   Avinoah, E ^a   Porath, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Morbid obesity; Post operative pain; Spectral edge frequency

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; OBESITY, MORBID; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042849011     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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