Anaesthesia-related physiological and pharmacological changes in elderly patients;Anästhesierelevante physiologische und pharmakologische veränderungen im alter

Anaesthesiologie und Reanimation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 60-68

  Sandner Kiesling, A ^a   List, W F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Geriatric anaesthesia; Mortality; Outcome, perioperative; Pharmacology; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ATRACURIUM; ATRACURIUM BESILATE; BELLANORM; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CISATRACURIUM; DESFLURANE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; MIVACURIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEOSTIGMINE; NEOSTIGMINE METHYL SULFATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PANCURONIUM; PANCURONIUM BROMIDE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SCOPOLAMINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; THIOPENTAL BIOCHEMIE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VECURONIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038053200     PISSN: 03234983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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