Introduction of nurse led DC cardioversion service in day surgery unit: Prospective audit

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7471, 2004, Pages 892-894

  Currie, M P ^a   Karwatowski, S P ^a   Perera, J ^a   Langford, E J ^a  

^a Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 5144233245     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.892     Document Type: Short Survey

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