Neuraxial anesthesia for the prevention of postoperative mortality and major morbidity: An overview of cochrane systematic reviews

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 716-725

  Guay, Joanne ^a   Choi, Peter T ^b   Suresh, Santhanam ^c   Albert, Natalie ^d   Kopp, Sandra ^e   Pace, Nathan Leon ^f  

^a Department of Anesthesiology CSSS Rouyn Noranda ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; CHEST INFECTION; DEATH; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE RISK PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUBLICATION BIAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906939953     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000339     Document Type: Review

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