Regional anesthesia, time to hospital discharge, and in-hospital mortality: A propensity score matched analysis

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 381-386

  Bulka, Catherine M ^a   Shotwell, Matthew S ^b   Gupta, Rajnish K ^a   Sandberg, Warren S ^a,c,d   Ehrenfeld, Jesse M ^a,c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Departments of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PROCEDURES; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906805643     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000121     Document Type: Article

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