Anesthesia-controlled time and turnover time for ambulatory upper extremity surgery performed with regional versus general anesthesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-257

  Mariano, Edward R ^a   Chu, Larry F ^b   Peinado, Christopher R ^a   Mazzei, William J ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Anesthesia; Anesthesia controlled time; Operating room efficiency; Orthopedic; Regional; Turnover time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TURNOVER TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OPERATING ROOMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 67349124404     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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