Anesthesia for Emergency Abdominal Surgery

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 209-221

  Peden, Carol ^a   Scott, Michael J ^b,c  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ELPQuIC bundle; Emergency surgery; Enhanced recovery; High mortality; Laparotomy; Sepsis; Surviving sepsis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMEN; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS; SURGERY;

ABDOMEN; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84924984991     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: 22103538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2014.11.012     Document Type: Review

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