Discomfort on injection: A comparison between two formulations of propofol

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 971-974

  Allford, Mark A ^a,c   Mensah, J A ^b  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c The Old Stables   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia intravenous; Intraoperative complications; Postoperative nausea and vomiting; Propofol

Indexed keywords

LIPURO; LONG CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDE PROPOFOL; PROPOFOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFUSION RATE; INJECTION SITE DISCOMFORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROPOFOL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33750294765     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021506001049     Document Type: Article

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