Total intravenous anesthesia with propofol augments the potency of mivacurium

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 351-357

  Hemmerling, Thomas M ^a,b   Le, Nhien ^a   Decarie, Patrick ^a   Cousineau, Julie ^a   Bracco, David ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIVACURIUM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 46249116196     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03021490     Document Type: Article

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