Improving treatment outcomes with a clinical pathway for hysterectomy and myomectomy

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 999-1003

  Broder, Michael S ^a   Bovone, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEIOMYOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYOMECTOMY; NURSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CATHETER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036930738     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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