Growth rates in pediatric diagnostic imaging and sedation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1616-1621

  Wachtel, Ruth E ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^a   Dow, Angella J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Farrell Growth Group LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING CARE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN; NURSE ANESTHETIST; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WORKLOAD;

EID: 65349163565     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181981f96     Document Type: Article

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