Patterns in current perioperative practice: Survey of colorectal surgeons in five northern European countries

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7505, 2005, Pages 1420-1421

  Lassen, Kristoffer ^a   Hannemann, Pascal ^b   Ljungqvist, Olle ^c   Fearon, Ken ^d   Dejong, Cornelis H C ^b   Von Meyenfeldt, Maarten F ^b   Hausel, Jonatan ^c   Nygren, Jonas ^c   Andersen, Jens ^e   Revhaug, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORECTAL SURGERY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DENMARK; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EUROPE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER DEPRIVATION;

COLORECTAL SURGERY; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 21044438303     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38478.568067.AE     Document Type: Review

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