Use of ephedrine prefilled syringes reduces anesthesia costs;Réduction des coûts grâce à l'utilisation des seringues préremplies d'éphédrine

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-214

  Bellefleur, J P ^a   Milhaud, Y ^a   Beconcini, G ^b   Zieleskiewicz, L ^a   Ortega, D ^a   Martin, C ^a   Leone, M ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Economics; Ephedrine; Obstetrics

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE;

ADULT; AMPOULE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYRINGE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CESAREAN SECTION; COST SAVINGS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG PACKAGING; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRINGES;

EID: 64049100353     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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