Intraoperative resource utilization in anesthesia for liver transplantation in the united states: A survey

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-28

  Schumann, Roman ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFUSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038650841     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000068483.91464.2B     Document Type: Article

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