The influence of an aging surgical population on the anesthesia workload: A ten-year survey

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1165-1170

  Klopfenstein, Claude E ^a,b   Herrmann, François R ^a   Michel, Jean P ^a   Clergue, François ^a   Forster, Alain ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DATABASES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031841006     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199806000-00005     Document Type: Article

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