Role of pre-anaesthesia outpatient clinic in reducing pre-operative anxiety

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 202-204

  Ehsan ul Haq, Muhammad ^a  

^a PNS SHIFA HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Postadmission assessment; Pre anaesthesia outpatient clinics; Pre operative anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAKISTAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WARD; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 3142680735     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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