Remifentanil for general anaesthesia: A systematic review

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1266-1280

  Komatsu, R ^a,b   Turan, A M ^c   Orhan Sungur, M ^d   McGuire, J ^e   Radke, O C ^f   Apfel, C C ^b,e  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; FENTANYL; NALOXONE; OPIATE; REMIFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL;

ANALGESIA; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SHIVERING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PIPERIDINES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 35848954521     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05221.x     Document Type: Review

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