Efficacy of propofol compared to midazolam as an intravenous premedication agent

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 173-179

  Quario Rondo, L ^a   Thompson, Chris ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Memory; Midazolam; Premedication; Propofol

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EXPLICIT MEMORY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 46049114682     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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