Postoperative analgesia: Economics, resource use, and patient satisfaction in an urban teaching hospital

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 130-137

  Strassels, S A ^a   Chen, C ^a   Carr, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; KETOROLAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SLEEP; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

EID: 0036139419     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200201000-00025     Document Type: Article

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