Definitions of anaesthetic technique and the implications for clinical research

Anaesthesia

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 935-940

  Armstrong, R A ^a   Mouton, R ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mode of anaesthesia; sedation; study design

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EDITORIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOMENCLATURE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 85039154738     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14200     Document Type: Editorial

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