Regional anesthesia, block room and efficiency: Putting things in perspective;Anesthésie régionale, salle de bloc et efficacité: Perspectives

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Drolet, Pierre ^a   Girard, Michel ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE PLEXUS; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1542394762     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018538     Document Type: Editorial

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