MAC should stand for maximum anesthesia caution, not minimal anesthesiology care

Anesthesiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-223

  Hug Jr , Carl C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS;

ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; BRAIN INJURY; BURN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; DEATH; EDITORIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SKIN INCISION; AMBULATORY CARE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; MONITORING; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; BURNS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33644960191     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200602000-00002     Document Type: Editorial

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