A study of anesthetic drug utilization in different age groups

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 194-200

  Martin, Gavin ^a   Glass, Peter S A ^a,b   Breslin, Dara S ^a   MacLeod, David B ^a   Sanderson, Ian C ^a   Lubarsky, David A ^a,c   Reves, J G ^a,d   Gan, Tong J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics: thiopental, propofol, fentanyl, isoflurane, midazolam; Geriatrics; Patient age

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037950597     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(03)00030-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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