Considerations for general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia in a patient with stiff-person syndrome

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 490-492

  Yamamoto, Katsumi ^a   Hara, Koji ^a   Horishita, Takafumi ^a   Sata, Takeyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bispectral index; GABAergic neurotransmission; Train of four ratio

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; SPASM; SYNDROME; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 36348956243     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-007-0542-x     Document Type: Article

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