Day of surgery admission - Is this safe practise?

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Kulasegarah, J ^a   Lang, E E ^a   Carolan, E ^a   Viani, L ^a   Gaffney, R ^a   Walsh, R M ^a   Walsh, M ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY DELAY; AMBULATORY SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55249095520     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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