Closed-loop titration of propofol and remifentanil guided by Bispectral Index in a patient with extreme gigantism

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 542-544

  Declerck, Agnès ^a   Liu, Ngai ^a   Gaillard, Stéphane ^a   Chazot, Thierry ^a   Laloë, Pierre Antoine ^a   Fischler, Marc ^a   Bertherat, Jérôme ^b  

^a FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; GROWTH HORMONE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GIGANTISM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; KYPHOSIS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GIGANTISM; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PIPERIDINES; PROPOFOL;

EID: 71649090865     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2009.02.008     Document Type: Letter

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