Car accidents after ambulatory surgery in patients without an escort

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 817-820

  Chung, Frances ^a   Assmann, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CASE REPORT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749141589     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181609531     Document Type: Article

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