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Influence of Clinical and Genetic Factors on Propofol Dose Requirements: A Genome-wide Association Study.
Anesthesiology - 1 Aug 2024
Ahlström Sirkku, Reiterä Paula, Jokela Ritva, Olkkola Klaus T, Kaunisto Mari A, Kalso Eija
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BACKGROUND: Propofol is a widely used intravenous hypnotic. Dosing is based mostly on weight, with great interindividual variation in consumption. Suggested factors affecting propofol requirements include age, sex, ethnicity, anxiety, alcohol consumption, smoking, and concomitant valproate use. Genetic factors have not been widely explored. METHODS: This study considered 1,000 women undergoing breast cancer...
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