Effect of midazolam on transfer function between beat-to-beat arterial pressure and inter-beat interval length

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 316-322

  Schachinger H ^a   Muller B U ^a   Strobel, W ^a   Drewe, J ^a   Ritz, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Heart; Heart rate; Hypnotics benzodiazepine, midazolam; Monitoring, electroencephalography; Reflexes, baroreflex

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0342948910     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bja.a013432     Document Type: Article

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