Regional anaesthesia in the elderly: A clinical guide

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 895-910

  Tsui, Ban C H ^a   Wagner, Alese ^a   Finucane, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OROSOMUCOID; PRILOCAINE; PROCAINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TETRACAINE;

AGED; AGING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROTOXICITY; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SEDATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; HUMANS;

EID: 10344219980     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200421140-00001     Document Type: Review

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