Desflurane-remifentanil-nitrous oxide anaesthesia for abdominal surgery: Optimal concentrations and recovery features

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-364

  Billard, Valérie ^a   Servin, F ^b   Guignard, B ^b   Junke, E ^b   Bouverne, M N ^c   Hedouin M ^c   Chauvin, M ^b  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b Bichat Paris ^*  (France)

^c Glaxo Smithkline   (France)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Bispectral; Desflurane; Drug interactions; Haemodynamics; Remifentanil; Surgery, target controlled infusion

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PROPACETAMOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INCISION; TACHYCARDIA; TITRIMETRY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ABDOMEN; ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; ISOFLURANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PIPERIDINES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 1542376597     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.0324.x     Document Type: Article

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