Anaesthesia preadmission assessment: A new approach through use of a screening questionnaire

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-92

  Badner, Neal H ^a   Craen, Rosemary A ^a   Paul, Terri L ^a   Doyle, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031943933     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012002     Document Type: Article

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