Pain, nausea, vomiting and ocular complications delay discharge following ambulatory microdiscectomy

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 514-518

  Shaikh, Shaheen ^a   Chung, Frances ^a   Imarengiaye, Charles ^a   Yung, Damian ^a   Bernstein, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CODEINE; DESFLURANE; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; KETOROLAC; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; DURA MATER; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINX DISORDER; MICROSURGERY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SORE THROAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0038642710     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03021067     Document Type: Review

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