Good clinical research practice in pharmacodynamic studies of neuromuscular blocking agents II: The Stockholm revision

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 789-808

  Fuchs Buder, T ^a,e   Claudius, C ^b   Skovgaard, L T ^b   Eriksson, L I ^c   Mirakhur, R K ^d   Viby Mogensen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Acceleromyography; Electromyography; Intubation; Kinemyography; Measurements techniques; Mekanomyography; Monitoring; Neuromuscular block; Phonomyography; Physiologic

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE;

ACCELEROMYOGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; DENMARK; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; KINEMYOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MYOGRAPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHONOMYOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SWEDEN;

EID: 34447312844     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01352.x     Document Type: Review

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