Putting the patient first

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1070-1072

  Vlassakov, Kamen V ^a,b   Zinner, Michael J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; CANCER GROWTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFORMED CONSENT; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); URINE RETENTION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84900796448     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000705     Document Type: Editorial

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