Propofol versus alfentanil to prevent movement responses during uterine curettage

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 751-758

  Seitsonen, E R J ^a,b   Cohen Laroque, E S ^b   Van Gils, M J ^c   Korttila, K T ^a   Neuvonen, P J ^d   Yli Hankala, A M ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alfentanil; Anaesthesia; Electroencephalography; Electromyography; Heart rate; Intra operative; Monitoring; Movement; Propofol

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; UTERUS SURGERY;

ALFENTANIL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PROPOFOL;

EID: 34250305063     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01309.x     Document Type: Article

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