Effect of anaesthetic agents on P-wave dispersion on the electrocardiogram: Comparison of propofol and desflurane

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1071-1076

  Owczuk, Radoslaw ^a   Wujtewicz, Magdalena A ^a   Sawicka, Wioletta ^a   Polak Krzeminska, Agnieszka ^a   Suszynska Mosiewicz, Aleksandra ^a   Raczynska, Krystyna ^a   Wujtewicz, Maria ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Desflurane; General anaesthesia; P wave dispersion; Propofol

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DESFLURANE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; P WAVE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROPOFOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48749104248     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.04963.x     Document Type: Article

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