Perioperative care for the older outpatient undergoing ambulatory surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1190-1215

  White, Paul F ^a   White, Lisa M ^b   Monk, Terri ^c   Jakobsson, Jan ^d   Raeder, Johan ^e   Mulroy, Michael F ^f   Bertini, Laura ^g   Torri, Giorgio ^h   Solca, Maurizio ⁱ   Pittoni, Giovanni ^j   Bettelli, Gabriella ^k  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Pain Center and Day Surgery Unit   (Italy)

^h VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ Azienda Ospedaliera di Melegnano   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^k INRCA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL;

AGING; AMBULATORY SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TEMPERATURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861526731     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31824f19b8     Document Type: Review

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