Which outcomes related to regional anesthesia are most important for orthopedic surgery patients?

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 809-821

  Stundner, Ottokar ^a   Ortmaier, Rainhold ^a   Memtsoudis, Stavros G ^b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Economic advantages; Functional outcome; Hospital stay; Outcomes; Pain management; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTIVITIES MODEL PROGRAM FOR SENIORS; CONSTANT MURLEY SCORE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); FALL RISK; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SHORT MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WESTERN ONTARIO MCMASTER OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; ADVERSE EFFECTS; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDICS; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927709891     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: 22103538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2014.08.003     Document Type: Review

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