A standardized anesthetic and surgical clinical pathway for esophageal resection: Impact on length of stay and major outcomes

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 139-149

  Porteous, Grete H ^a   Neal, Joseph M ^a   Slee, April ^a   Schmidt, Henner ^a   Low, Donald E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHILD; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JEJUNOSTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ANESTHESIA; COMORBIDITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PAIN CLINIC; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924244853     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000197     Document Type: Article

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