Women emerge from general anesthesia faster than men

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-183

  Bajaj, Pramila ^a   Raiger, Lalit Kumar ^a   Jain, Sanjeev D ^a   Kumar, Sanjeev ^a  

^a RNT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Pharmacokinetics; Recovery: Emergence; TIVA (Propofol + Fentanyl)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMEDICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34248197900     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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