Inhalational or total intravenous anaesthesia: Is total intravenous anaesthesia useful and are there economic benefits?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-187

  Sneyd, J Robert ^a,c   Holmes, Katherine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; economics; inhalational; intravenous; propofol; total intravenous anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; VOMITING;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RECOVERY ROOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952985086     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328343f3ac     Document Type: Article

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