The changing pattern of anesthesia, 1954-2004: A review based on the content of the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia in its first half-century

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-248

  Shephard, David A E ^a,b  

^a Canadian Anesthesiologist's Society   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFAXALONE; ALTHESIN; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUPIVACAINE; BUTYROPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CYCLOPROPANE; DESFLURANE; DIAZEPAM; DROPERIDOL; ENFLURANE; ETHER; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; HEXOBARBITAL; HYDROXYDIONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; METHOXYFLURANE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPANIDID; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CANADA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RESEARCH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HALOTHANE LIVER INJURY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN ELECTRODE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 18644376585     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016057     Document Type: Review

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