Perioperative management and the associated rate of adverse events in dermatological procedures performed by dermatologists in New Zealand

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Chan, Bob C Y ^a   Patel, Denesh C ^a  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgical procedures; Antibiotic prophylaxis; Aspirin; Dermatology; Local anaesthesia; Perioperative care; Physiological monitoring; Postoperative complications; Warfarin; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION; NEW ZEALAND; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN SURGERY; VITAL SIGN;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 58249124497     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2008.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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