Fast-track eligibility, costs and quality of recovery after intravenous anaesthesia with propofol-remifentanil versus balanced anaesthesia with isoflurane-alfentanil

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-114

  Eberhart, Leopold H J ^a   Eberspaecher, M ^b   Wulf, H ^a   Geldner, G ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia Recovery Period; Anaesthesia, General, alfentanil, isoflurane, propofol, remifentanil; Cost and Cost Analysis; Economics, Pharmaceutical

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; NORAMIDOPYRINE; OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; THEODRENALINE; URAPIDIL;

ADULT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BALANCED ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; QUALITY OF RECOVERY SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIVERING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ALFENTANIL; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PIPERIDINES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPOFOL; RECOVERY ROOM;

EID: 0842348978     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021504002054     Document Type: Article

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