Pharmacokinetic model-driven remifentanil administration in the morbidly obese: the 'critical weight' and the 'fictitious height', a possible solution to an unsolved problem?
La Colla
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Department of Anesthesiology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University School of Medicine-IRCCS San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy. l.lacolla@studenti.hsr.it
Albertin
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A
La Colla
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D001827:Body Height / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008954:Models, Biological; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D010880:Piperidines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011340:Problem Solving; D000077208:Remifentanil
D010880:Piperidines; D000077208:Remifentanil