Presence of anesthesia resident trainees in day surgery unit has mixed effects on operating room efficiency measures

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-29

  Urman, Richard D ^a   Sarin, Pankaj ^a   Mitani, Aya ^a   Philip, Beverly ^a   Eappen, Sunil ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory anesthesia; Operating room management; Turnover times

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NURSE ANESTHETIST; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84858629115     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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