Premedication of the pediatric patient - Anesthesia for the uncooperative child

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-215

  Bozkurt, Pervin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Dexmedetomidine; Emergence agitation; Ketamine; Midazolam; Premedication

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CITRATE SODIUM; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; FLUMAZENIL; HALOPERIDOL; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OXYGEN; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SEVOFLURANE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MENTAL DISEASE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SURGERY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WARD;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 34247890052     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328105e0dd     Document Type: Review

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