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View Post: Remifentanil Hydrochloride - Bulletin
18 Sep 2009
Ultiva (remifentanil hydrochloride) injection [package insert]. North Chicago, IL: Abbott Laboratories, 2004. Sufenta (sufentanil citrate) injection [package insert]. Decatur, IL: Taylor Pharmaceuticals, 2007. ...
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View Post: Reduction of pain during induction with target-controlled propofol ...
15 Nov 2007 by Lee, J.-R., Jung, C.-W., Lee, Y.-H.  
Background: Pain on injection of propofol is unpleasant. We hypothesized that propofol infusion pain might be prevented by infusing remifentanil before starting the propofol infusion in a clinical setting where target-controlled ...
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View Post: Ultiva (Remifentanil) Drug Information: Uses, Side Effects, Drug ...
23 May 2008
ULTIVA (remifentanil hydrochloride) for Injection is a μ-opioid agonist chemically designated as a 3-[4-methoxycarbonyl-4- [(1-oxopropyl)phenylamino]-1-piperidine]propanoic acid methyl ester, hydrochloride salt, C20H28N2O5•HCl, ...
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View Post: remifentanil prevents withdrawal movements caused by intravenous ...
16 May 2008 by medical rss reader  
remifentanil prevents withdrawal movements caused by intravenous injection of rocuronium. yonsei medical journal. link - fri, 16 may 2008 00:00:00 gmt - feed (1 subs). sent using sendmerss.com. visit here to unsubscribe from ...
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View Post: Morphine versus remifentanil for intubating preterm neonates ...
21 Jun 2007 by Silva, YP e, Gomez, RS, de Oliveira Marcatto,...  
Following enrolment the neonates were randomised sequentially, using a random numbers table, to receive an intravenous bolus injection over 1 min of either morphine 150 µg/kg and midazolam 200 µg/kg or remifentanil 1 µg/kg and midazolam ...
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View Post: cranial electrotherapy stimulation as opiate potentiator
7 Jul 2009 by Paregoric Kid  
in the present study, the influence of transcranial electrical stimulation (tces) on the analgesic effect of remifentanil hydrochloride (hcl) in rats was determined. methods: experiments were performed on 80 albino male wistar rats. ...
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View Post: pretreatment with remifentanil to prevent withdrawal after ...
15 Dec 2006
pain from rocuronium injection is a common side-effect reported to occur in 50–80% of the patients...conclusion: this study demonstrated that pretreatment with remifentanil 1 mug kg–1 provided a safe and simple method for reducing the ...
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View Post: comparison of remifentanil and fentanyl in anaesthesia for ...
11 Dec 2006
patients undergoing elective cardioversion received either intravenous fentanyl 1 µg/kg (n=33) or remifentanil 0.25 µg/kg (n=30) and propofol was titrated to a ramsay sedation score of 5 by slow intravenous injection. ...
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