Preoperative pregnancy testing in a tertiary care children's hospital: A medico-legal conundrum

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-63

  Wheeler, Melissa ^a   Coté, Charles J ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery: pediatric; Anesthesia, general; Pregnancy: adolescent; Preoperative pregnancy testing: pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0032966848     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(98)00136-6     Document Type: Article

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