Comparison of propofol and etomidate anaesthesia for elective electrical cardioversion

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1249-1255

  Siedy, Janusz ^a   Knapik, Piotr ^a   Saucha, Wojciech ^a   Gross, Maria ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Cardioversion; Etomidate; Propofol

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BOLUS INJECTION; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTIVE CARDIOVERSION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREMOR;

EID: 78650108119     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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