title: Catecholamines in anesthetic and surgical stress.
abstract: The sympathetic nervous system is activated by a large variety of stresses and is important in the maintenance of cardiovascular and metabolic homeostasis. However, individual responses to sympathetic activation and circulating catecholamines vary widely.
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000818:Animals; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000502:physiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic