Women need more propofol than men during EEG-monitored total intravenous anaesthesia

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 76-82

  Haensch, Klaus ^a   Schultz, Arthur ^b   Krauß, Terence ^a   Grouven, Ulrich ^b   Schultz, Barbara ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Region Hannover Oststadt Heidehaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Awareness; Dosage; Gender; Narcotrend; Propofol; Remifentanil; Target controlled infusion (TCI)

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; DOSAGE; GENDER; NARCOTREND; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAINTENANCE; TARGETS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY;

PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPOFOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849243284     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2009.010     Document Type: Article

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