Sedation with midazolam for electrical cardioversion

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 608-611

  Notarstefano, Pasquale ^a   Pratola, Claudio ^a   Toselli, Tiziano ^a   Baldo, Elisa ^a   Ferrari, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Benzodiazepines; Cardioversion; Midazolam; Sedation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FENTANYL; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMPLANTATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247548783     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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