Premedication in surgical day care patients

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-38

  Ismail, Samina ^a   Khan, Fauzia A ^a   Ahmed, Aliya ^a   Shah, Khalid A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AMBULATORY SURGERY; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; STANDARD; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MIDAZOLAM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDAZOLAM; PAKISTAN; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947572564     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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