Increased mean time from end of surgery to operating room exit in a historical cohort of cases with prolonged time to extubation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1453-1459

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Epstein, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED EXTUBATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGEON; TIME;

AIRWAY EXTUBATION; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887477156     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182a44d86     Document Type: Article

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