Neuromuscular monitoring: What evidence do we need to be convinced?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-8

  Donati, François ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACCELEROMETER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIST; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSPASM; EDITORIAL; EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PARALYSIS; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTENSIVE CARE; MONITORING; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77954678484     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181cdb093     Document Type: Editorial

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