Factors affecting discharge time in adult outpatients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 816-826

  Pavlin, D Janet ^a,d   Rapp, Suzanne E ^a   Polissar, Nayak L ^a,b   Malmgren, Judith A ^c   Koerschgen, Meagan ^a   Keyes, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

^c Northwest Health Services Research and Development Program   (United States)

^d Box 356540 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DESFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; DROWSINESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031719080     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199810000-00014     Document Type: Article

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