Survey of the utilization of regional and general anesthesia in a tertiary teaching hospital

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-228

  Hanna, Marie N ^a   Jeffries, Maggie A ^b   Hamzehzadeh, Sayeh ^a   Richman, Jeffrey M ^a   Veloso, Patricia M ^a   Cox, Lyndsey ^a   Wu, Christopher L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFUSAL TO TREAT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 70349244956     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181a32c2f     Document Type: Article

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