Paediatric day-case anaesthesia and pain control

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 617-621

  Lonnqvist, Per Arne ^a   Morton, Neil S ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Anaesthesia; Analgesia; Day case surgery; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

AGITATION; AMNESIA; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE RETENTION;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARENTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33750856083     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3280101dab     Document Type: Review

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