Remifentanil (marketed by Abbott as Ultiva) is a potent ultra short-acting synthetic opioid given to patients during surgery for pain relief and adjunctive to an anaesthetic. Remifentanil is a specific mu-type-opioid receptor agonist which means it reduces sympathetic nervous system tone, and causes respiratory depression and analgesia.
For use during the induction and maintenance of general anesthesia.
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Geneva Children's Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Ajou universitiy school of medicine, Suwon-si, Gyeong-gi Do, Korea, Republic of
Departement d'anesthesie Hopital Armand Trousseau, Paris, France
Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
2nd Department of Anesthesiology, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Attiki, Greece
GSK Investigational Site, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
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