Reduced-dose rocuronium for day-case tonsillectomy in children where volatile anaesthetics are not used: Operating room time saving

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-55

  Bartolek, Dubravka ^a   JakoboviĆ, Jasminka ^b   Bartolek, Franjo ^c   Finci, Dijana ^a   Munjiza, Aleksandra ^d  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b Intensive Care Medicine

^c Alergologiju I Reumatologiju S Klini kom Imunologijom   (Croatia)

^d Klinika za traumatologiju Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgical procedures; Anesthetics; Children; Intravenous; Neuromuscular nondepolarizing agents; Otorhinolaryngologic surgical procedures; Propofol* rocuronium; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ATROPINE; DICLOFENAC; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; NEOSTIGMINE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ACCELEROMYOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOGRAPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TONSILLECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ALFENTANIL; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANDROSTANOLS; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; OPERATING ROOMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; REFLEX; SAMPLE SIZE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 73649087646     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03175.x     Document Type: Article

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