Improving the detection of illicit substance use in preoperative anesthesiological assessment

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-37

  Kleinwachter R ^a   Kork, F ^a   Weiss Gerlach, E ^a   Ramme, A ^a   Linnen, H ^a   Radtke, F ^a   Lutz A ^a   Krampe, H ^a   Spies, C D ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drugs; Outcome; Surgical procedure, operative

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; NICOTINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249120654     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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