Open AccessThe Relationship Between Serum Progesterone Concentration and Anesthetic and Analgesic Requirements
Author(s) -
Jeongwoo Lee,
Jun-Ho Lee,
Seonghoon Ko
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000000366
Subject(s) - medicine , sevoflurane , anesthetic , bispectral index , anesthesia , analgesic , minimum alveolar concentration , venous blood , sedation
In clinical practice, pregnant women have lower anesthetic requirements for general anesthesia than nonpregnant women. Although the hormonal changes such as progesterone associated with pregnancy may affect the minimum alveolar concentration of volatile anesthetics, the relationship between the anesthetic or analgesic requirements and progesterone level in full-term women has not been studied. In this study, we attempted to identify relationships between anesthetic or analgesic requirements and maternal serum concentrations of progesterone.