1.
Qual Manag Health Care
; 6(4): 37-41, 1998 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10339043
ABSTRACT
The article reviews a team effort to reduce operating room costs by 25 percent. The team achieved this goal by participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Breakthrough Series on adult cardiac surgery. The process improvements included standardizing practices, reevaluating equipment, and reducing operating room cycle time.
Subject(s)
Cardiac Surgical Procedures/standards , Operating Rooms/organization & administration , Patient Care Team , Total Quality Management/methods , Adult , Anesthesia , Cardiac Surgical Procedures/economics , Cost Control/methods , Efficiency, Organizational , Florida , Humans , Leadership , Management Quality Circles , Operating Rooms/economics , Operating Rooms/standards , Organizational Objectives , Perfusion , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling , Surgical Equipment/economics
2.
Br J Anaesth
; 46(6): 392-6, 1974 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-4458752
Subject(s)
Anesthesia, General , Arrhythmias, Cardiac/chemically induced , Halothane , Isoflurane , Methyl Ethers , Sympathomimetics/toxicity , Animals , Arteries , Blood Pressure/drug effects , Body Temperature , Carbon Dioxide/blood , Dogs , Ephedrine/toxicity , Epinephrine/toxicity , Heart/drug effects , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Infusions, Parenteral , Male , Metaraminol/toxicity , Oxygen/blood , Partial Pressure , Phentolamine/pharmacology , Phenylephrine/toxicity , Propranolol/pharmacology
3.
Anesth Analg
; 53(1): 80-3, 1974.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-4855717
4.
Anesthesiology
; 38(3): 283-6, 1973 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-4698148
