Association between intraoperative non-depolarising neuromuscular blocking agent dose and 30-day readmission after abdominal surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 595-605

  Thevathasan, T ^a   Shih, S L ^a   Safavi, K C ^a   Berger, D L ^a   Burns, S M ^a   Grabitz, S D ^a   Glidden, R S ^b   Zafonte, R D ^a   Eikermann, M ^b,c   Schneider, J C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ambulatory surgery; general surgery; hospital readmission; neuromuscular blocking agents

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM BESILATE; CISATRACURIUM; NEOSTIGMINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PANCURONIUM; ROCURONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER RESECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ABDOMEN; AGED; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BOSTON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85020862849     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aex240     Document Type: Article

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