Cost-effectiveness and high patient satisfaction in the elderly: Sevoflurane versus propofol anaesthesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-122

  Luntz, S P ^a   Janitz, E ^a   Motsch, J ^a   Bach, A ^a   Martin, E ^a   Böttiger, Bernd W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age Groups, adult, aged; Anaesthesia, General; Economics, costs and cost analysis

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIVERING;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842305867     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021504002066     Document Type: Article

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