Remifentanil for Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-

  Phillips, W James ^a   Halpin, John ^b   Jones, Jonathan ^b   McKenzie, Kendall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMIFENTANIL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PIPERIDINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749207545     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.08.011     Document Type: Letter

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