Nursing activities and use of time in the postanesthesia care unit

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 311-322

  Kiekkas, Panagiotis ^a,b   Poulopoulou, Maria ^b   Papahatzi, Argiri ^a,b   Androutsopoulou, Christina ^b   Maliouki, Marianna ^b   Prinou, Aikaterini ^b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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EID: 27144454324     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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