Measure to quantify the influence of time from end of surgery to tracheal extubation on operating room workflow

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 402-406

  Masursky, Danielle ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^b   Kwakye, Michael O ^a   Smallman, Bettina ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TRACHEAL EXTUBATION; VALIDITY; WORKFLOW;

AIRWAY EXTUBATION; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; NEW YORK; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TIME MANAGEMENT; VIDEO RECORDING; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84864404397     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318257a0f2     Document Type: Article

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