Economics of Nerve Block Pain Management after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Potential Hospital Cost Savings via Associated Postanesthesia Care Unit Bypass and Same-day Discharge

Anesthesiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 697-706

  Williams, Brian A ^a,d   Kentor, Michael L ^a   Vogt, Molly T ^a   Vogt, William B ^c   Coley, Kim C ^b   Williams, John P ^a   Roberts, Mark S ^a   Chelly, Jacques E ^a   Harner, Christopher D ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DESFLURANE; DEXAMETHASONE; DROPERIDOL; ISOFLURANE; KETOROLAC; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PERPHENAZINE; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTIEMETICS; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY ROOM;

EID: 10744224862     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200403000-00034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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