Day surgery: An evidenced-based practice

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 501-502

  Jakobsson, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 35948955955     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282f01da9     Document Type: Editorial

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