Monitoring Neuromuscular Blockade

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 25-40

  Murphy, Glenn S ^a   Szokol, Joseph W ^a  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACCELEROMYOGRAPHY; ACOUSTIC MYOGRAPHY; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING DISORDER; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PARESIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHARYNX DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL DISORDER; WAVEFORM;

EID: 1942501223     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004311-200404220-00004     Document Type: Review

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