Outcomes in perioperative medicine and anesthesiology: Into the next millennium

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 633-645

  Wu, Christopher L ^a,b   Fleisher, Lee A ^a,c  

^a Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Pain Medicine   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033846849     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8537(05)70183-8     Document Type: Article

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