Remifentanil-induced spike activity as a diagnostic tool in epilepsy surgery

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-93

  Gronlykke L ^a   Knudsen, M L ^a   Hogenhaven H ^a   Moltke, F B ^a   Madsen, F F ^a   Kjaer, T W ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amygdalohippocampectomy; Electrocorticography; Epilepsy; Opioids; Remifentanil; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

CISATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PIPERIDINES; PSYCHOSURGERY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 37849051394     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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