Overview of anaesthesia and patient selection for day surgery

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 147-152

  Buckley, Hugo ^a,b   Palmer, James ^a,b  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Manchester   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic technique; day case surgery; patient selection; procedures

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CYCLIZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DROPERIDOL; INFUSION FLUID; INSULIN; METFORMIN; ONDANSETRON; OXYGEN; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77949664885     PISSN: 14720299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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