A cost comparison of methohexital and propofol for ambulatory anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 311-316

  Sun, Rui ^a   Watcha, Mehernoor F ^b   White, Paul F ^a   Skrivanek, Gary D ^a   Griffin, James D ^a   Stool, Louis ^a   Murphy, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; METHOHEXITAL; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GAS FLOW; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; METHOHEXITAL; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPOFOL;

EID: 0032812267     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199908000-00012     Document Type: Article

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