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2 articles for “perioperative medicine”
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Perioperative stress relief: a new role for the love hormone???
Abstract: AbstractThe hormone oxytocin(OXT) was originally known to stimulate labour and maternal milk ejection. It is also known to produce anti-stress like effects, anxiolytic effects, improvement in social interaction, reduction in blood pressure and cortisol levels and promotion of growth and healing. It is in fact popularly called as the ‘love hormone’, or the ‘hug hormone’ or the ‘cuddle hormone’. It is administered commonly intravenously in labor rooms and maternity suites …
Published in Research & Reviews: A Journal of Drug Design & Discovery · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 23–27 Read article
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Pharmacogenomics in Anesthesia: Individualized Drug Responses
Abstract: Pharmacogenomics is the study of how a person’s genes influence how they react to medications. Pharmacology, the study of medications, and genomics, the examination of genes and their functions, merge in this field to develop safe, effective drugs that can be prescribed based on an individual’s genetic makeup. Pharmacogenomics examines how an individual’s unique genetic makeup can influence their responses to certain drugs. In anesthesia, where individual responses to pain …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacology · Vol. 15, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 83–95 Read article