Recovery care facilities

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 623-627

  De Oliveira, Ivelise Silva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECOVERY ROOM; REVIEW; SEDATION;

EID: 15144360875     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199811000-00006     Document Type: Review

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