Outcomes in day surgery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 622-629

  Shnaider, Ilia ^a   Chung, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse outcomes; Ambulatory anesthesia; Ambulatory surgery; Nausea and vomiting; Pain; Quality improvement; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LARYNX SPASM; LENGTH OF STAY; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MORBIDITY; NERVE BLOCK; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOMNOLENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BENCHMARKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750867740     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328010107e     Document Type: Review

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