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Anesthesia, outcomes, and public health: changing health care while "asleep".
- Source :
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Regional anesthesia and pain medicine [Reg Anesth Pain Med] 2014 May-Jun; Vol. 39 (3), pp. 192-4. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- More than 50 million surgical procedures are performed annually in the United States, with perioperative complications and related long-term adverse outcomes profoundly affecting the nation's health. A growing number of studies recognize that type of anesthesia, a main determinant of perioperative care, is associated with perioperative morbidity and mortality. Emerging data suggest, for example, that anesthesia may be a determinant of cancer recurrence after surgery. Further research is needed to elucidate the impact of anesthesia-related factors on short- and long-term health outcomes. Progress in this area of medicine and its public-health consequences will depend largely on the interest of the public, researchers, and health care policy makers.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-8651
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24682083
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/AAP.0000000000000085