Management of the airway without the use of neuromuscular blocking agents: The use of remifentanil

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-85

  Fotopoulou, Georgia ^a   Theocharis, Stamatios ^a   Vasileiou, Ioanna ^a   Kouskouni, Evangelia ^a   Xanthos, Theodoros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Difficult airway; Intubation; Muscle relaxation; Neuromuscular blockage; Opioid

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ATRACURIUM; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MIVACURIUM; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PIPERIDINES; PROPOFOL;

EID: 84855665531     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2011.00967.x     Document Type: Review

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