Gender and recovery after general anesthesia combined with neuromuscular blocking drugs

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 291-297

  Buchanan, Frank F ^a   Myles, Paul S ^b   Leslie, Kate ^b   Forbes, Andrew ^b   Cicuttini, Flavia ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DESFLURANE; ENFLURANE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BISPECTRAL INDEX; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 29844450493     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000181321.55422.C6     Document Type: Article

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