(Plaud, Lequeau) Resident in Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
(Debaene) Staff Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
(Meistelman) Professor; Chair, Department of Anesthesia, Faculte de Medecine de Nancy, Nancy, France.
(Donati) Professor; Chair, Department of Anesthesia, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
Received from the Department of Anesthesia, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. Submitted for publication March 28, 1995. Accepted for publication March 12, 1996. Presented in part at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 17-21, 1992. Supported by Laboratoires Wellcome, France.
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