The pharmacokinetics of vecuronium in male and female patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1322-1327

  Xue, Fu S ^a   An, Gang ^a   Liao, Xu ^a   Zou, Qin ^a   Luo, Lai K ^a  

^a PLASTIC SURGERY HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BODY WEIGHT; ENFLURANE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NITROUS OXIDE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; THIOPENTAL; TIME FACTORS; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 0031810598     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199806000-00036     Document Type: Article

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