Economics and practice management issues associated with acute pain management

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-232

  Phillips, Dennis P ^a   Knizner, Tara L ^a   Williams, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute postoperative pain; Economics of anesthesia; PACU bypass; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL CARE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NERVE STIMULATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79956349850     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: 22103538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2011.04.010     Document Type: Review

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