Day-case surgery in children under 2 years of age: Experience in a district general hospital and survey of parental satisfaction

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 408-411

  Stiff, G ^a   Haray, P N ^a   Chilcott, M ^a   Williams, I ^a   Watkins, G ^a   Foster, M E ^a  

^a East Glamorgan Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day case surgery; Paediatric surgery; Parental satisfaction

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NURSE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PARENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SATISFACTION; SURGEON; TEAMWORK; TELEPHONE; TONGUE DISEASE;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 0030463975     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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