Remifentanil for sedation and analgesia in a preterm neonate with respiratory distress syndrome

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 993-996

  Pereira E Silva, Yerkes ^a   Gomez, Renato Santiago ^b   Barbosa, Rosilu Ferreira ^a   Silva, Ana Cristina Simões E ^b  

^a Lifecenter Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neonate; Remifentanil; Respiratory distress syndrome; Sedation

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; MIDAZOLAM; REMIFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEDATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; INTUBATION; METHODOLOGY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN;

ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTUBATION; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PIPERIDINES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN;

EID: 33644822608     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01666.x     Document Type: Article

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