Update on muscle relaxants

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 384-386

  Meretoja, Olli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Infusions; Monitoring; Muscle relaxants; Reversal

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ATRACURIUM; CISATRACURIUM; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PANCURONIUM; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; THIOPHENE; VECURONIUM;

ACCELEROMETER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIMED DRUG RELEASE;

ANDROSTANOLS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ATRACURIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 2342558631     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01335.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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