Plethysmographic pulse wave amplitude is an effective indicator for intravascular injection of epinephrine-containing epidural test dose in sevoflurane-anesthetized pediatric patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1536-1541

  Mowafi, Hany A ^a,b   Arab, Samer A ^a   Ismail, Salah A ^a   Al Ghamdi, Abdulmohsin A ^a   Al Metwalli, Roshdi R ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; PULSE RATE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPINEPHRINE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; METHYL ETHERS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE;

EID: 56149125039     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181844d08     Document Type: Article

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