Anesthetic depth is a predictor of mortality: It's Time to Take the Next Step

Anesthesiology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1070-1072

  Monk, Terri G ^a   Weldon, B Craig ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ANESTHESIA LEVEL; AWARENESS; BISPECTRAL INDEX; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 77951673098     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181d5e0eb     Document Type: Editorial

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