Preoperative assessment and preparation: New innovations

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 410-413

  Fischer, Stephen P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030853244     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199712000-00006     Document Type: Short Survey

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