Fast-tracking the postanesthesia patient: The pros and cons

Journal of perianesthesia nursing : Official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses / American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-93

  Mamaril, Myrna ^a  

^a St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NURSING ORGANIZATION; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034173205     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/pa.2000.5894     Document Type: Article

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