Monitoring consciousness under anaesthesia: The 21st century isolated forearm technique

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 738-740

  Russell, I F ^a   Sanders, R D ^b  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; ROCURONIUM; SUGAMMADEX; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PARALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; REVERSED ISOLATED FOREARM TECHNIQUE; TOURNIQUET; ANESTHESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GOLD STANDARD; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; INTUBATION; ISOLATED FOREARM TECHNIQUE; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RECALL; FOREARM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PROCEDURES;

ANDROSTANOLS; ANESTHESIA; CONSCIOUSNESS MONITORS; FOREARM; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS;

EID: 84973293306     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew112     Document Type: Editorial

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