Hospital practice more than specialty influences the choice of regional or general anesthesia for cesarean section

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 954-957

  Johnson, David J ^a   Truman, Corrine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Health Service Utilization   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0036872847     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016882     Document Type: Article

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