Serotonin and anesthesia.

نویسنده

  • P C Priestley
چکیده

Serotonin is an important monoamine to the anesthetist for many reasons. An increase or decrease of serotonin concentration in the brain changes the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of inhalational anesthetics; precipitous release systemically, as in carcinoid syndrome, produces devastating effects on the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. Serotonin is ubiquitous and has many roles in the body. Those aspects relevant to anesthesia are reviewed in this article.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AANA journal

دوره 49 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1981