Recovery of older patients undergoing ambulatory anaesthesia with isoflurane or sevoflurane

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 505-510

  Mahajan, V A ^a   Ni Chonghaile, M ^a,b   Bokhari, S A ^a   Harte, B H ^a   Flynn, N M ^a,b   Laffey, J G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Anaesthesia general; Anaesthesia recovery period, cognitive function; Anaesthetics inhalational, sevoflurane, isoflurane; Geriatrics

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; INSTILLAGEL; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OPERATION DURATION; ORIENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34249035455     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021506001980     Document Type: Article

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