Sex and gender aspects in anesthetics and pain medication

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 214, Issue , 2012, Pages 265-278

  Campesi, Ilaria ^a,b   Fois, Marco ^a,b   Franconi, Flavia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOSTRUCTURES AND BIOSYSTEMS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesic drugs; Anesthetics; Gender

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM BESILATE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DESFLURANE; DOXACURIUM; ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; HEXOBARBITAL; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; MIVACURIUM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PANCURONIUM; PARACETAMOL; PIPECURONIUM; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VECURONIUM;

ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; XEROSTOMIA; FEMALE; MALE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84868314066     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30726-3_13     Document Type: Article

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