The asleep-awake technique using propofol-remifentanil anaesthesia for awake craniotomy for cerebral tumours

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 662-669

  Olsen, K S ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia general; Craniotomy, awake; Neurosurgery; Propofol; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DROPERIDOL; FLUMAZENIL; LABETALOL; LIDOCAINE; MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AWAKE CRANIOTOMY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVULSION; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; NEUROSURGERY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SHIVERING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VOMITING; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PIPERIDINES; PROPOFOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 46249130546     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508003633     Document Type: Article

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