Perioperative anesthesia issues in the elderly

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 641-656

  Liu, Linda L ^a   Wiener Kronish, Jeanine P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0142188084     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0704(03)00058-7     Document Type: Review

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