Anaesthetic and management dilemmas in office-based surgery

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-83

  Twersky, Rebecca S ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Office surgery; Office based anaesthesia; Patient and procedure selection; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETOROLAC; MIDAZOLAM; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SELECTION; SAFETY; SEDATION;

EID: 0031826269     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(98)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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