Fast-tracking after ambulatory surgery

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 379-387

  Watkins, Alison C ^a   White, Paul F ^b  

^a Zale Liphsy University Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; HUMAN; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY ROOM; REVIEW; STANDARD; TIME;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; RECOVERY ROOM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035655125     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpan.2001.28887     Document Type: Article

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