Evaluation and preparation of pediatric patients undergoing anesthesia

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 502-508

  Means, Lynda J ^a   Ferrari, Lynne R ^a   Fisher, Quentin A ^a   Kingston, Harry G G ^a   Schreiner, Mark S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIST; ASTHMA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER; CHILD; COLD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ANESTHESIA; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PEDIATRICS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029794539     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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