Preanesthesia clinics, information management, and operating room delays: Results of a survey of practicing anesthesiologists

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 615-618

  Holt, Natalie F ^a   Silverman, David G ^a   Prasad, Ravindra ^b   Dziura, James ^a   Ruskin, Keith J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY DELAY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SERVICES; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847200418     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000255253.62668.3a     Document Type: Article

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