Comparison of remifentanil and fentanyl in anaesthesia for elective cardioversion

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 353-357

  Maltepe, Fikret ^a   Kocaayan, E ^a   Ugurlu, B S ^a   Akdeniz, B ^a   Guneri, S ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardioversion; Fentanyl; Propofol; Recovery; Remifentanil; Sedation

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOMITING;

EID: 33745674650     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0603400309     Document Type: Article

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