Muscle relaxant use during intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-46

  Sloan, Tod B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesiology; Electromyography; Motor evoked potentials; Muscle relaxants; Neuromuscular blockade

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING AGENTS; CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; CRANIAL NERVES; FACIAL MUSCLES; INTRA-OPERATIVE; INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS; MUSCLE RELAXANTS; MUSCLE RESPONSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURAL ACTIVITY; NEURAL STIMULATIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SENSORY STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL; ULNAR NERVES;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MONITORING; NEURONS; PATHOLOGY;

MUSCLE;

CISATRACURIUM; CLINDAMYCIN; FUROSEMIDE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM; NEOSTIGMINE; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; SUGAMMADEX; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACE MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMONITORING; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION;

EID: 84872683507     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-012-9399-0     Document Type: Review

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