Outcomes after regional anesthesia

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 91-110

  Nielsen, Karen C ^a   Tucker, Marcy S ^a   Steele, Susan M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; OPIATE; VOLATILE AGENT;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLEEDING; BREAST SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FATIGUE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LUNG DISEASE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SLEEP DISORDER; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 22544478847     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aia.0000166192.75943.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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