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ANOVA analysis of variance<br />

ASA American Society of<br />

Anesthesiologists<br />

CESA cost-effectiveness study<br />

in anaesthesia<br />

CFQ Cognitive Failure Questionnaire<br />

CI confidence interval<br />

CV contingent valuation<br />

df degrees of freedom<br />

D&C dilatation and curettage<br />

DSST Digit Symbol Substitution Test<br />

ENT ear, nose and throat<br />

GHQ General <strong>Health</strong> Questionnaire<br />

GP general practitioner<br />

ICER incremental cost-effectiveness<br />

ratio<br />

i.m. intramuscular<br />

IPPV intermittent positive<br />

pressure ventilation<br />

IUD intrauterine device<br />

i.v. intravenous<br />

LMA laryngeal mask airway<br />

MAC minimum alveolar concentration<br />

MACL Mood Adjective Checklist<br />

MIR minimum infusion rate<br />

© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2002. All rights reserved.<br />

List of abbreviations<br />

<strong>Health</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> Assessment 2002; Vol. 6: No. 30<br />

NA not available<br />

NEC not elsewhere classified<br />

N 2O nitrous oxide<br />

NS not significant<br />

NSAID non-steroidal anti-inflammatory<br />

drug<br />

OR odds ratio<br />

PAT Perceptive Accuracy Test<br />

PHBQ Post Hospital Behaviour<br />

Questionnaire<br />

PONV postoperative nausea and<br />

vomiting<br />

QALY quality-adjusted life-year<br />

QoR-40 quality of recovery score<br />

RCT randomised controlled trial<br />

RRR relative risk reduction<br />

SD standard deviation<br />

SF-36 Short Form with 36 items<br />

STAI State–Trait Anxiety Inventory<br />

TAS Tactile Scale<br />

TIVA total intravenous anaesthesia<br />

TPPPS Toddler–Preschooler<br />

Postoperative Pain Scale<br />

VAS visual analogue scale<br />

All abbreviations that have been used in this report are listed here unless the abbreviation is well known (e.g. NHS), or<br />

it has been used only once, or it is a non-standard abbreviation used only in figures/tables/appendices in which case<br />

the abbreviation is defined in the figure legend or at the end of the table.<br />

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