Specialized ambulatory anesthesia teams contribute to decreased ambulatory surgery recovery room length of stay

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-100

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

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory anesthesia; Ambulatory surgery; Operating room efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 84862736528     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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