Women Appear to Have the Same Minimum Alveolar Concentration as Men: A Retrospective Study

Anesthesiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1059-1061

  Eger II, Edmond I ^a,b   Laster, Michael J ^a   Gregory, George A ^a   Katoh, Takasumi ^c   Sonner, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; ENFLURANE; ETHER; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; METHOXYFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROGESTERONE; SEVOFLURANE; XENON;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0242269048     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200311000-00009     Document Type: Review

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