A clinical review of inhalation anesthesia with sevoflurane: from early research to emerging topics

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 764-778

  Brioni, Jorge D ^a   Varughese, Shane ^a   Ahmed, Raza ^a   Bein, Berthold ^b  

^a ABBVIE INC   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac protection; Delirium; Emergence; Postoperative cognitive dysfunction; Volatile anesthetic

Indexed keywords

SEVOFLURANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AGED; CHILL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; COUGHING; DELIRIUM; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HEART PROTECTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; NAUSEA; NEUROPROTECTION; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SHIVERING; SOMNOLENCE; VOMITING; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; DRUG EFFECTS; INCIDENCE; PROCEDURES;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; DELIRIUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METHYL ETHERS;

EID: 85020167742     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-017-2375-6     Document Type: Review

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