Isolated forearm technique and consciousness

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-80

  Russell, F ^a   Wang, M ^b  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; AROUSAL; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CONSCIOUSNESS; FRONTAL LOBE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; ISOLATED FOREARM TECHNIQUE; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TRACT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECALL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEDATION; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOURNIQUET;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CONSCIOUSNESS MONITORS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; ISOFLURANE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84890081356     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12547     Document Type: Letter

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