Validation of a pre-anaesthetic screening questionnaire

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 874-877

  Hilditch, W G ^a   Asbury, A J ^a   Jack, E ^b   McGrane, S ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; pre operative, assessment, questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSE; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0042326300     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03335.x     Document Type: Article

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