Management of anaesthesia in elderly patients

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-336

  Veering, Bernadette Th ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERIATRIC ANESTHESIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0032748233     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199906000-00014     Document Type: Short Survey

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