The impact of a consultant anaesthetist led pre-operative assessment clinic on patients undergoing major vascular surgery

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-239

  Cantlay, K L ^a   Baker, S ^a   Parry, A ^a   Danjoux, Gerard ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIST; AORTA SURGERY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING EDUCATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCRIPTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CONSULTANTS; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33644748286     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04514.x     Document Type: Article

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