Effect of alfentanil on intracranial pressure during propofol-fentanyl anesthesia for craniotomy. A randomized prospective dose-response study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-452

  Olsen, Karsten Skovgaard ^a,c   Juul, N ^b   Cold, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alfentanil; Anesthesia; Cerebral perfusion pressure; Intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; CARBON DIOXIDE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; JUGULAR VEIN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALFENTANIL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRANIOTOMY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16844371697     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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