Remifentanil analgosedation in preterm newborns during mechanical ventilation

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1111-1115

  Giannantonio, Carmen ^b   Sammartino, Maria ^b   Valente, Elisabetta ^b   Cota, Francesco ^b   Fioretti, Maria ^b   Papacci, Patrizia ^a,b  

^a Sacro Cuore Catholic University Rome ^*  (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia and analgesia; Infant; Mechanical ventilation; Premature; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

REMIFENTANIL;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMFORT SCALE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTUBATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; HYPOTENSION; ILEUS; INFANT; MODIFIED FINNEGAN NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SCORING SYSTEM; NEONATAL INFANT PAIN SCALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SYNCHRONIZED INTERMITTENT MANDATORY VENTILATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PIPERIDINES; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 66749168152     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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