Rationale for anesthesia groups to run additional flexible operating rooms for multiple surgeons who have scheduled more than 8 hours of cases

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1295-1297

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Marco, Alan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SEASONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 82255165054     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318232467e     Document Type: Editorial

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