Improving quality of recovery: What anaesthetic techniques make a difference?

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 621-631

  Myles, Paul S ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Complications; Evidence based medicine; Outcome; Quality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DROPERIDOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; OXYGEN; POVIDONE IODINE; PROPOFOL; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; TROPISETRON;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CANNULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035713810     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bean.2002.0195     Document Type: Article

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