Effects of the addition of remifentanil to propofol anesthesia on seizure length and postictal suppression index in electroconvulsive therapy

Journal of ECT

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-207

  Porter, Richard ^a   Booth, David ^b   Gray, Hamish ^c   Frampton, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Northern School of Anaesthesia   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Electroconvulsive therapy; Propofol; Remifentanil; Seizures

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ANESTHESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PIPERIDINES; PROPOFOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 58749091280     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181662ca0     Document Type: Article

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