Impact of a nurse practitioner-assisted preoperative assessment program on quality

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 723-733

  Varughese, Anna M ^a   Byczkowski, Terri L ^a   Wittkugel, Eric P ^a   Kotagal, Uma ^a   Dean Kurth, C ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Anesthesiologists; Evaluation; Manpower; Preoperative

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LARYNX SPASM; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748364523     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.01856.x     Document Type: Article

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