Postoperative recovery and discharge

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 367-386

  McGrath, Brid ^a   Chung, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CELECOXIB; DESFLURANE; DEXAMETHASONE; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; ROFECOXIB; ROPIVACAINE; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; BREATHING; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONVALESCENCE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MICTURITION; MOBILIZATION; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROTOXICITY; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0038455139     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8537(02)00080-9     Document Type: Review

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