The influence of desflurane on QTc interval

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 419-422

  Owczuk, Radoslaw ^a   Wujtewics, Magdalena A ^a   Sawicka, Wioletta ^a   Lasek, Jerzy ^a   Wujtewicz, Maria ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; ESTAZOLAM; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; QTC INTERVAL;

EID: 22944433830     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000154198.41162.FA     Document Type: Article

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