A comparison of propofol and amobarbital for use in the Wada test

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 399-401

  Magee, James A ^a   Pender, Niall P ^a   Abrahams, Sharon ^b   Thornton, John ^a   Delanty, Norman ^a   Fortune, Gillian M ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amobarbital; Propofol; Wada Test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFUSION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LACRIMATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEMORY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WADA TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMOBARBITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPOFOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860685503     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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