Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 1999
Review Comparative StudyAmbulatory anesthesia experience with remifentanil.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 1999
Review Comparative StudyExperience with remifentanil in neurosurgical patients.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 1999
ReviewDesign of appointment systems for preanesthesia evaluation clinics to minimize patient waiting times: a review of computer simulation and patient survey studies.
Anesthesiologists can use the science of clinic scheduling to design appointment systems for preanesthesia evaluation clinics. The principal reasons reported for inappropriately [or arguably unethically] long patient waiting times are provider tardiness, lack of patient punctuality, patient no-shows, and improperly designed appointment systems. However, the fundamental reason why anesthesia clinics have such long patient waiting times is because of their relatively long mean (and consequently standard deviation) of consultation times. ⋯ Substantial provider idle time should be expected. Appropriate values for breaks, appointment intervals, and percentage no-shows should be determined by computer simulation, using parameters appropriate for each provider and anesthesia clinic. Finally, traditional efforts at making waiting for a consultation tolerable should be made.