Remifentanil in paediatric anaesthetic practice

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-308

  Marsh, Deborah F ^a   Hodkinson, B ^b  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ATROPINE; DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MIVACURIUM; MORPHINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NALOXONE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ANALGESIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DELIRIUM; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HEAD INJURY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROTOXICITY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PREMEDICATION; PRESSORECEPTOR; PYLOROMYOTOMY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRABISMUS SURGERY; STRESS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONSILLECTOMY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PIPERIDINES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 61749097987     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05731.x     Document Type: Review

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