A multicentre, randomised, open-label, controlled trial evaluating equivalence of inhalational and intravenous anaesthesia during elective craniotomy

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 371-379

  Citerio, Giuseppe ^a   Pesenti, Antonio ^a,b   Latini, Roberto ^c   Masson, Serge ^c   Barlera, Simona ^c   Gaspari, Flavio ^d   Franzosi, Maria G ^c  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d GiViTI Coordinating Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Craniotomy; Neurosurgery; Randomised controlledtrial

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CISATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGITATION; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG FATALITY; ELECTIVE SUPRATENTORIAL INTRACRANIAL SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROANAESTHESIA; PAIN; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; STRESS; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY EXTUBATION; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PIPERIDINES; PROPOFOL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHIVERING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866009055     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32835422db     Document Type: Article

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