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Review
. 1999 Aug 28;319(7209):557-60.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7209.557.

Anaesthesia

A J Fox  1 , D J Rowbotham
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Review

Anaesthesia

A J Fox et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Serum propofol concentrations and infusion rates generated by target controlled infusion system. Reproduced from Gepts14 with permission from Blackwell Science
Figure 2
Figure 2
Changes in plasma half life with duration of infusion. Plasma half life of all commonly used opioids increases as duration of infusion is increased (this does not occur with remifentanil). Reproduced from Egan18 with permission of Clinical Pharmacokinetics
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