Comparison of efficiency, recovery profile and perioperative costs of regional anaesthesia vs. general anaesthesia for outpatient upper extremity surgery [2]

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 557-559

  Horn, J L ^a   Swide, C ^a   Gaebel, B A ^a   Cross Jr , R L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CISATRACURIUM; DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SHOULDER; WRIST;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34249038026     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021506002195     Document Type: Letter

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