Propofol and the electroencephalogram

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 998-1006

  San juan, Daniel ^a   Chiappa, Keith H ^a   Cole, Andrew J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; EEG; Electroencephalogram; Propofol; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; FOSPROPOFOL; METHOHEXITAL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

AGE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROPOFOL; SEIZURES;

EID: 77952742171     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.12.016     Document Type: Review

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