Which clinical anesthesia outcomes are important to avoid? The perspective of patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 652-658

  Macario, Alex ^a   Weinger, Matthew ^b   Carney, Stacie ^c   Kim, Ann ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032843843     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199909000-00022     Document Type: Article

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