Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 540-544 , November 1999

Establishment of a pediatric surgery center: increasing anesthetic efficiency

Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Phoenix, AZ, February 14, 1998.

  • Zeev N Kain, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics; Chief, Pediatric Anesthesia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr. Kain at the Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., Box 208051, New Haven, CT 06520–8051, USA
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  • Anthony Fasulo, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Senior Systems Analyst, Yale-New Haven Hospital
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  • Stephen Rimar, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics; Vice Chairman of Finance and Administration

Received 24 March 1999 ,Revised 28 June 1999 ,Accepted 28 June 1999.

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    Induction time, emergence time, and anesthesia-controlled time (ACT) for all anesthesiologists providing care for children prior to the establishment of specialized pediatric operating rooms in 1993 (

    Induction time, emergence time, and anesthesia-controlled time (ACT) for all anesthesiologists providing care for children prior to the establishment of specialized pediatric operating rooms in 1993 (A) and 1997 (B). Column number = total number of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy cases for that anesthesiologist for the time period.

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    Range of anesthesia-controlled time over the years of the study.

    Range of anesthesia-controlled time over the years of the study.

PII: S0952-8180(99)00080-X

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 540-544 , November 1999

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