Preoperative anxiety in neurosurgical patients

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-130

  Perks, Anna ^a   Chakravarti, Sucharita ^a   Manninen, Pirjo ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Neurosurgery; Preoperative anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN TUMOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CRANIOTOMY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SPHENOID;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 65649112116     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31819a6ca3     Document Type: Article

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