The effect of direct-from-recovery room discharge of laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients on recovery room workload

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-264

  Seim, Andreas R ^a   Andersen, Bjørn ^a   Berger, David L ^b   Sokal, Suzanne M ^b   Sandberg, Warren S ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; OR economics; PACU workload; Perioperative systems design

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECOVERY ROOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORKLOAD;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY ROOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33845665822     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350606297053     Document Type: Article

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