Melatonin in perioperative medicine: Current perspective

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 315-321

  Maitra, Souvik ^a   Baidya, Dalim Kumar ^a   Khanna, Puneet ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Melatonin; Opioid sparing; Postoperative delirium

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONIDINE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MELATONIN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

AMNESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CLUSTER HEADACHE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JET LAG; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEMORY; MIGRAINE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEDATION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84882247885     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.115316     Document Type: Article

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