Practice guidelines for postanesthetic care: An updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on postanesthetic care

Anesthesiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 291-307

  Apfelbaum, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Silverstein, Jeffrey H ^b   Chung, Frances F ^b   Connis, Richard T ^b   Fillmore, Ralph B ^b   Hunt, Sean E ^b   Nickinovich, David G ^b   Schreiner, Mark S ^b   Barlow, Jared C ^b   Joas, Thomas A ^b  

^a Task Force on Postanesthetic Care   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CISATRACURIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; DIXYRAZINE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; EDROPHONIUM; FLUMAZENIL; GRANISETRON; HALOPERIDOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NALOXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ONDANSETRON; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; PROMETHAZINE; RAMOSETRON; RAPACURONIUM BROMIDE; ROCURONIUM; SCOPOLAMINE; TROPISETRON;

ANESTHESIST; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BLURRED VISION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FATIGUE; HEALTH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL HEALTH; MICTURITION; NAUSEA; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; URINE VOLUME; WARMING; XEROSTOMIA;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MENTAL PROCESSES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SHIVERING; URINATION;

EID: 84872843945     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31827773e9     Document Type: Review

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