Sevoflurane inside and outside the operating room

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 861-873

  Michel, Fabrice ^a   Constantin, Jean Michel ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Halogenated anaesthetics; Intensive care unit; Magnetic resonance imaging; Paediatric intensive care unit; Sedation; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLONIDINE; DANTROLENE; DESFLURANE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; ENFLURANE; FLUORIDE ION; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; METHOXYFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AGITATION; AMNESIA; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COUGHING; DELIRIUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INHALATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNX SPASM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; HUMANS; METHYL ETHERS; OPERATING ROOMS;

EID: 67649576389     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656560902798752     Document Type: Review

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