Paediatric anaesthesia and inhalation agents

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 501-522

  Jöhr, Martin ^a   Berger, Thomas M ^b  

^a LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Desflurane; Halothane; Induction; Inhalation; Intravenous; Isoflurane; Maintenance; Nitrous oxide; Paediatric anaesthesia; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; DESFLURANE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; ENFLURANE; ETHER; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; METHOXYFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; XENON;

AGE; AGITATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DELIRIUM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FACE MASK; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LARYNX SPASM; LIVER TOXICITY; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 19944413667     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2005.01.001     Document Type: Review

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