Low fresh gas flow balanced anesthesia versus target controlled intravenous infusion anesthesia in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A cost-minimization analysis

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1714-1725

  Stevanovic, Predrag D ^a   Petrova, Guenka ^b   Miljkovic, Branislava ^a   Scepanovic, Radisav ^a   Perunovic, Radoslav ^a   Stojanovic, Dragos ^a   Dobrasinovic, Janja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

anesthesia; cost minimization analysis; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; pharmacotheraphy; propofol anesthesia; sevoflurane fresh gas flow anesthesia

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BALANCED ANESTHESIA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GAS FLOW; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUFENTANIL;

EID: 54749138441     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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