Effect of dexmedetomidine premedication on the intraocular pressure changes after succinylcholine and intubation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 485-489

  Mowafi, H A ^a,b   Aldossary, N ^a   Ismail, S A ^a   Alqahtani, J ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, general; Eye, intraocular pressure; Neuromuscular block, succinylcholine; Pharmacology, dexmedetomidine

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; INTUBATION; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PREMEDICATION; SUCCINYLCHOLINE;

EID: 41949126269     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen020     Document Type: Article

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