Clinical practice and routines for day surgery in Sweden: Results from a nation-wide survey

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-124

  Segerdahl, M ^a,e   Warren Stomberg M ^b   Rawal, N ^c   Brattwall, M ^d   Jakobsson, J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Day surgery; Discharge; PONV; Post operative pain; Survey

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; KETOBEMIDONE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREMEDICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 37549033948     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01472.x     Document Type: Article

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