The influence of an enhanced recovery programme on clinical outcomes, costs and quality of life after surgery for colorectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 506-513

  King, P M ^a   Blazeby, J M ^b   Ewings, P ^c   Longman, R J ^a   Kipling, R M ^a   Franks, P J ^d   Sheffield, J P ^a   Evans, L B ^a   Soulsby, M ^a   Bulley, S H ^a   Kennedy, R H ^a  

^a YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; BUPIVACAINE; DIAMORPHINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; GENTAMICIN; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; LACTULOSE; METARAMINOL; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM RESECTION; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744815385     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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