Use of remifentanil for tracheal intubation for caesarean section in a patient with suxamethonium apnoea

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1036-1038

  Alexander, Ratan ^a   Fardell, S ^a  

^a WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; APGAR SCORE; APNEA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG USE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; RECALL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCOLIOSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; APNEA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 25844447756     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04281.x     Document Type: Article

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