Carotid endarterectomy under regional anaesthesia at Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand: 1994-2003

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1230, 2006, Pages

  Thomson, Ian A ^a,b   Fanous, Medhat Y Z ^a  

^a DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHUNTING; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645241650     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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