Convulsions on anaesthetic induction with sevoflurane in young children

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 405-407

  Åkeson, Jonas ^a   Didriksson, I ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, inhalational; Children; Convulsions; Epilepsy; Seizures; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NITRIC OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; EPILEPSY; EPISTAXIS; FACE MASK; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1942470070     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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