Epileptogenic effect of sevoflurane: Determination of the minimal alveolar concentration of sevoflurane associated with major epileptoid signs in children

Anesthesiology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1253-1261

  Gibert, Stephanie ^a,b   Sabourdin, Nada ^a,b   Louvet, Nicolas ^a,b   Moutard, Marie Laure ^a,b   Piat, Veronique ^a,b   Guye, Marie Laurence ^a,b   Rigouzzo, Agnes ^a,b   Constant, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; HYDROXYZINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CHILD; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 84870242733     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318273e272     Document Type: Article

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