Anesthesia for craniotomy: Comparison of sevoflurane, desflurane, or isoflurane anesthesia supplemented with an infusion of dexmedetomidine during supratentorial craniotomy

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-115

  Güneş, Yasemin ^a   Türktan, Mediha ^a   Erman, Tahsin ^a   Özbek, Hayri ^a   Işik, Geylan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Desflurane; Dexmedetomidine; Isoflurane; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; ISOFLURANE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIVERING;

EID: 67749130807     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNQ.0b013e31818d0f36     Document Type: Article

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