The propofol infusion syndrome: More puzzling evidence on a complex and poorly characterized disorder

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Cremer, Olaf L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

BRADYCARDIA; CELL HYPOXIA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; ADULT; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYNDROME;

ADULT; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 77951646276     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8177     Document Type: Note

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