Acetaminophen metabolism after major surgery: A greater challenge with increasing age

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 707-711

  Pickering, G ^a,b,c   Schneider, E ^d   Papet, I ^e   Pujos Guillot, E ^e   Pereira, B ^a   Simen, E ^a   Dubray, C ^a,b,c   Schoeffler, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^e INRA and University of Auvergne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DRUG METABOLITE; GLUCURONIDE; GLUTATHIONE; PARACETAMOL; SULFATE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METABOLISM; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 80054966346     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2011.176     Document Type: Article

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