Piritramide and Alfentanil display similar respiratory depressant potency

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1231-1241

  Bouillon, T ^a   Garstka, G ^b   Stafforst, D ^c   Shafer, S ^d   Schwilden, H ^e   Hoeft, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alfentanil; Indirect response model; NONMEM; Piritramide; Respiratory depression

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; PIRITRAMIDE;

ACCOUNTING; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ELIMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; ALFENTANIL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIRINITRAMIDE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0344442823     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1399-6576.2003.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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