Progressive suppression of motor evoked potentials during general anesthesia: The phenomenon of "anesthetic fade"

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Lyon, Russ ^a   Feiner, John ^a   Lieberman, Jeremy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desflurane; Intraoperative monitoring; Motor evoked potential; Myelopathy; Nitrous oxide; Propofol

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 11244291066     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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