The use of a video to convey preanesthetic information to patients undergoing ambulatory surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 531-536

  Done, Mary L ^a,b   Lee, Anna ^b  

^a Lidia Perin Mem Hosp Day Surg U   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0031682718     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199809000-00005     Document Type: Article

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