Anesthetic pitfalls in the elderly patient

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 784-794

  Prough, Donald S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATRACURIUM; CISATRACURIUM; CURARE; DESFLURANE; DIAZEPAM; DIMETHYLTUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; DOXACURIUM; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; LITHIUM; MIVACURIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PANCURONIUM; PIPECURONIUM; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; SULFONYLUREA; VECURONIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ELDERLY CARE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17644395634     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.12.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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