Office-based anesthesia: new frontiers, better outcomes, and emphasis on safety.

Meena S Desai

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Office-based anesthesia: new frontiers, better outcomes, and emphasis on safety.

February 11, 2009

Desai MS. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2008;21(6):699-703.

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This review article examines the evolution of safety in office-based anesthesia along with the need to apply evidence-based improvement strategies while adopting technological advances.

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