Clinical and economic factors important to anaesthetic choice for day- case surgery

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-262

  Eger, Edmond I ^a   White, Paul F ^b   Bogetz, Martin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; DESFLURANE; DIAZEPAM; DOLASETRON MESILATE; EDROPHONIUM; ENFLURANE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETOROLAC; METHOHEXITAL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; PANCURONIUM; PENTOBARBITAL; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; AMNESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033995362     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-200017030-00003     Document Type: Article

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