The use of propofol and remifentanil for the anaesthetic management of a super-obese patient

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 842-845

  La Colla, Lacuna ^a   La Colla, G ^b   Albertin, A ^a   Poli, D ^a   Baruffaldi Preis, F W ^c   Mangano, A ^c  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CISATRACURIUM; GLUCOSE; HUMAN ALBUMIN; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENCEPHALITIS; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION;

ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PIPERIDINES; PROPOFOL;

EID: 34547136218     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05102.x     Document Type: Article

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