Potentially life-threatening bradycardia after remifentanil infusion in a child [1]

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1130-

  Briassoulis, G ^a   Spanaki, A M ^b   Vassilaki, E ^b   Fytrolaki, D ^b   Michaeloudi, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ATROPINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; REMIFENTANIL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEAD INJURY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; MALE; PIPERIDINES;

EID: 34547829706     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01382.x     Document Type: Letter

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