Performance of a pediatric ambulatory anesthesia program - A developing country experience

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-393

  Hariharan, Seetharaman ^a   Chen, Deryk ^a   Merritt Charles, Lorna ^a   Rattan, R ^a   Muthiah, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Ambulatory anesthesia; Developing country; Pediatric anesthesia; Unplanned admissions

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; DIMENHYDRINATE; ENFLURANE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INGUINAL HERNIA; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXIMETRY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33645107512     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01750.x     Document Type: Article

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