Propofol-fentanyl anaesthesia at high altitude: Anaesthetic requirements and haemodynamic variations when compared with anaesthesia at low altitude

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 427-431

  Puri, G D ^a   Jayant, A ^a   Dorje, M ^b   Tashi, M ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b SNM Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

General anaesthesia; Haemodynamic response; High altitude; Propofol

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL STRESS;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; ORTHOPEDICS; PROPOFOL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 38849115628     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01561.x     Document Type: Article

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