The importance of myorelaxants in anesthesia

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 322-327

  Flood, Pamela ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; CURARE; CYCLODEXTRIN DERIVATIVE; EDROPHONIUM; MIVACURIUM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; VECURONIUM;

AGING; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; FACE MUSCLE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 18744381332     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2004.12.009     Document Type: Review

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