Gender differences in baroreflex response and heart rate variability in anaesthetized humans

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 831-835

  Tanaka, M ^a   Kimura, T ^a   Goyagi, T ^a   Nishikawa, T ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, general; Anaesthetics volatile, sevoflurane; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate, baroreflex; Parasympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PHENYLEPHRINE; SEVOFLURANE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ETHER DERIVATIVE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BAROREFLEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; PHENYLEPHRINE; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 2942659714     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh143     Document Type: Article

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