Intraoperative catecholamine release in brain-dead organ donors is not suppressed by administration of fentanyl

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 952-956

  Fitzgerald, R D ^a   Hieber, C ^b   Schweitzer, E ^c   Luo, A ^b   Oczenski, W ^c   Lackner, F X ^b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Analgesics, Opioid, fentanyl; Brain Diseases, brain death; Catecholamines, epinephrine, norepinephrine; Health Services, Organ Procurement; Sensation, pain

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; FENTANYL; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN DEATH; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ORGAN DONOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STERNOTOMY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DEATH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FENTANYL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STERNUM; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345059752     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021503001534     Document Type: Article

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