Remifentanil and the brain

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-326

  Fodale, V ^a,b   Schifilliti, D ^a   Pratico C ^a   Santamaria, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Central nervous system; Effects; Neurosurgery; Opioid; Sedation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE;

ANALGESIA; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDLINE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROSURGERY; PIPERIDINES;

EID: 38849134736     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01566.x     Document Type: Review

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