Rising to the challenges of achieving day surgery targets

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1191-1199

  Smith, I ^a   Cooke, T ^b   Jackson, I ^c   Fitzpatrick, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33750719087     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04875.x     Document Type: Article

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