Transcranial Doppler and anesthetics

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 839-847

  Fodale, V ^a,b   Schifilliti, D ^a   Conti, A ^a   Lucanto, T ^a   Pino, G ^a   Santamaria, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthetic drugs; Cerebral blood flow; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANESTHETICS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 34447299649     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01355.x     Document Type: Review

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