Postoperative changes in the full-field electroretinogram following sevoflurane anaesthesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 272-278

  Iohom, Gabriella ^a,b   Whyte, A ^b   Flynn, T ^b   O'Connor, G ^b   Shorten, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Anaesthesia recovery period; Anaesthetics inhalational, sevoflurane, nitrous oxide; Diagnostic techniques, ophthalmological, electroretinography

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

A WAVE; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROUS OXIDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 1842663350     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021504004041     Document Type: Article

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