A comparison of regional versus general anesthesia for ambulatory anesthesia: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1634-1642

  Liu, Spencer S ^a,c   Strodtbeck, Wyndam M ^a   Richman, Jeffrey M ^b   Wu, Christopher L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROPROCAINE; COCODAMOL; DESFLURANE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; ISOFLURANE; KETOBEMIDONE; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PERPHENAZINE; PETHIDINE; PROCAINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 22544452951     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000180829.70036.4F     Document Type: Article

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