A simple method for deciding when patients should be ready on the day of surgery without procedure-specific data

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-140

  Wachtel, Ruth E ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DECISION MAKING; FASTING; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250865007     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000266468.09733.4d     Document Type: Article

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