Five-step protocol for carotid endarterectomy in the managed health care era

Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 96-101

  Syrek, Jennifer R ^a   Calligaro, Keith D ^a   Dougherty, Matthew J ^a   Doerr, Kevin J ^a   McAfee Bennett, Sandy ^a   Raviola, Carol A ^a   Rua, Ignacio ^a   DeLaurentis, Dominic A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST CONTROL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0032917563     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(99)70294-1     Document Type: Article

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