Overnight hospitalization after radical prostatectomy: The impact of two clinical pathways on patient satisfaction, length of hospitalization, and morbidity

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-67

  Worwag, Evelina ^a,b   Chodak, Gerald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WEISS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; METHADONE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0031836319     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199807000-00014     Document Type: Article

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