Factors influencing stay in the postanesthesia care unit: A prospective analysis

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 579-587

  Seago, Jean Ann ^a   Weitz, Sandra ^a   Walczak, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Postanesthesia care unit; Recovery room

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COST CONTROL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY ROOM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0032211847     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(98)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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