Aging reduces the efficacy of the simulated epidural test dose in anesthetized adults

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 657-661

  Tanaka, Makoto ^a,b   Nishikawa, Toshiaki ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0033856180     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200009000-00030     Document Type: Article

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