PACU fast-tracking: An alternative to "bypassing" the PACU for facilitating the recovery process after ambulatory surgery

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-253

  White, Paul F ^a   Rawal, Shivani ^a   Nguyen, John ^a   Watkins, Alison ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVALESCENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; NURSING; OUTPATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0043026809     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1089-9472(03)00187-4     Document Type: Article

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