Remifentanil-propofol versus sufentanil-propofol anaesthesia for supratentorial craniotomy: A randomized trial

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 813-820

  Gerlach, Klaus ^a   Uhlig, T ^a   Huppe M ^a   Nowak, G ^a   Schmitz, A ^a   Saager, L ^a   Grasteit, A ^a   Schmucker, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia and analgesia, anaesthesia recovery period; Anaesthesia general, anaesthetics intravenous, propofol, remifentanil, sufentanil; Signs and symptoms, nausea, pain, vomiting

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CISATRACURIUM; CLONAZEPAM; NITRAZEPAM; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERIDINES; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141998811     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021503001315     Document Type: Article

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