The impact of practice guidelines on prescribing patterns of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 5 I, 1996, Pages 899-904

  Tschida, Suzanne J ^a,b   Hoey, Lori L ^a,b   Vance Bryan, Kyle ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ValueRx   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PANCURONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ATRACURIUM; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MINNESOTA; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PANCURONIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 0029743725     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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