The effect of nitrous oxide on the dose-response relationship of rocuronium

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1343-1347

  Kopman, Aaron F ^a,b   Chin, Wanda A ^b,c   Moe, Jimmy ^b   Malik, Rawshan ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROSTANOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NITROUS OXIDE;

EID: 17744375810     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000148076.17331.51     Document Type: Article

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