Clinical and economic choices in anaesthesia for day surgery: A prospective randomised controlled trial

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 412-421

  Elliott, Rachel A ^a   Payne, K ^a   Moore, J K ^b   Harper, N J N ^c   St Leger, A S ^a   Moore, E W ^b   Thomas, G M M ^c   Pollard, B J ^c   McHugh, G A ^a   Bennett, J ^a   Lawrence, G ^a   Kerr, J ^b   Davies, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic agents; sevoflurane, isoflurane, halothane, propofol; Surgery; daycase

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DROWSINESS; DRUG CHOICE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MYALGIA; NIGHTMARE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SORE THROAT; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038702220     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03125.x     Document Type: Article

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