Continuous infusion versus intermittent bolus dosing of vecuronium in patients receiving therapeutic hypothermia after sudden cardiac arrest

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1250-1256

  Jurado, Lesly V ^a   Gulbis, Brian E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

SCA; Shivering; Sudden cardiac arrest; Therapeutic hypothermia; Vecuronium

Indexed keywords

VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SHIVERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 83055170913     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.31.12.1250     Document Type: Article

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