Pharmacokinetics of human cerebral opioid extraction: A comparative study on sufentanil, fentanyl, and alfentanil in a patient after severe head injury

Anesthesiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1559-1567

  Metz, Christoph ^b   Göbel, Lothar ^c   Gruber, Michael ^c   Hoerauf, Klaus H ^a   Jaeger, Kai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blood brain equilibrium; Opioid serum concentration

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; FENTANYL; SUFENTANIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342757721     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200006000-00012     Document Type: Article

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