Sevoflurane decreases bispectral index values more than does halothane at equal MAC multiples

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1723-1727

  Schwab, Hildebrand S ^a   Seeberger, Manfred D ^a   Eger II, Edmond I ^b,c   Kindler, Christoph H ^a   Filipovic, Miodrag ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPOFOL; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 9244249221     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000136467.47996.70     Document Type: Article

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