What determines patient satisfaction with cataract care under topical local anesthesia and monitored sedation in a community hospital setting?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1644-1650

  Fung, Donald ^a,b   Cohen, Marsha M ^c   Stewart, Susan ^d   Davies, Andy ^a,b  

^a North Bay General Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d North Shores District Health Council   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL RISK; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 19044380178     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000154206.81132.B9     Document Type: Article

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