Effects of anesthetic regimens and other confounding factors affecting the interpretation of motor evoked potentials during pediatric spine surgery

Neurodiagnostic Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-244

  Balvin, Mark J ^a   Song, Kit M ^b   Slimp, Jefferson C ^c  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic regimens; Inhalational agents; Motor evoked potential (MEP); Pediatric spine surgery; Scoliosis; Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA); Transcranial electric motor evoked potentials (TCeMEP)

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; SURGERY;

EVOKED RESPONSE; INHALATIONAL ANESTHETICS; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PEDIATRIC SPINES; PRESSURE CHANGE; SCOLIOSIS; TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIAS;

ANESTHETICS;

ISOFLURANE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE INJURY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 78149277235     PISSN: 21646821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1086508x.2010.11079776     Document Type: Article

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