Gender rather than choice of intermediate duration opioids affects emergence after craniotomy for large intracranial tumors

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-28

  Deogaonkar, Anupa ^a   Khin, Mimi ^a   Samuel, Samuel ^a   Ebrahim, Zeyd Y ^a   Mascha, Edward J ^a   Schubert, Armin ^b,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfentanil; Anesthetic drug combinations; Craniotomy; Delayed emergence; Fentanyl; Intracranial tumor surgery; Sufentanil

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA EMERGENCE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79953289886     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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