(Fisher) Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco.
(M. A. E. Ramsay) Chief of Anesthesiology and Clinical Professor, Baylor University Medical Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
(Hein) Attending Staff and Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Baylor University Medical Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
(Marcel) Associate Attending Staff and Clinical Instructor of Anesthesiology, Baylor University Medical Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
(Sharma) Research Chemist, University of California, San Francisco.
(K. J. Ramsay) Staff Research Associate, Baylor University Medical Center.
(Miller) Professor and Chairman of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco.
Received from Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, and the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Submitted for publication November 26, 1996. Accepted for publication February 28, 1997. Dr. Fisher is a paid consultant to Organon, Inc. No financial support was received for this study.
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