From d-tubocurarine to sugammadex: The contributions of T. Cecil Gray to modern anaesthetic practice

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Shafer, S L ^a  

^a PandS Box 46 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

anaesthesia, general; anaesthesia, intratracheal; curare; ether, ethyl; history, 20th century; neuromuscular block

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BENZOQUINONIUM; CURARE; CYCLOPROPANE; DECAMETHONIUM; ETHER; GALLAMINE; HEXOBARBITAL; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; SUGAMMADEX; THIOPENTAL; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BALANCED ANESTHESIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITOR; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIVERPOOL TECHNIQUE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 79959427023     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer117     Document Type: Review

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