A comparative study between amiodarone and magnesium sulfate as antiarrhythmic agents for prophylaxis against atrial fibrillation following lobectomy

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-61

  Khalil, Mohamed A ^a,b   Al Agaty, Ahmed E ^a   Ali, Wael G ^a   Abdel Azeem, Mohsen S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b SAAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Atrial fibrillation; Lobectomy; Magnesium sulfate

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRADYCARDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUNG; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84874117414     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-012-1478-3     Document Type: Article

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