Epidural blockade improves substrate utilization after surgery

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 279, Issue 3 42-3, 2000, Pages

  Schricker, Thomas ^a   Wykes, Linda ^a   Carli, Franco ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Cortisol; Glucagon; Glucose; Insulin; Isotopes; Leucine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BUPIVACAINE; GLUCOSE; ISOTOPE; LACTIC ACID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE INFUSION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033830531     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.279.3.e646     Document Type: Article

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