Ketamine but not propofol provides additional effects on attenuating sevoflurane-induced emergence agitation in midazolam premedicated pediatric patients

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1114-1115

  Tsai, Pei Shan ^a   Hsu, Yung Wei ^a   Lin, Chia Shiang ^a   Ko, Yuan Pi ^a   Huang, Chun Jen ^a,b,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGITATION; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RESTLESSNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INFANT; KETAMINE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDAZOLAM; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PROPOFOL;

EID: 53349099438     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02593.x     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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