Sex, age, and genetics in anesthesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 462-466

  Booij, Leo HDJ ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Anesthesia; Genetics; Individual medicine; Sex

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMPHETAMINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; BUTORPHANOL; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; DIFLUNISAL; DOPAMINE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIDOCAINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PENTAZOCINE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; VECURONIUM; VERAPAMIL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANTIANDROGEN THERAPY; BLEEDING; CANCER MORTALITY; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG GLUCURONIDATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INSOMNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHARMACOGENOMICS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOOTH PAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACOGENETICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67650089147     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283007ea3     Document Type: Review

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