Can preoperative anesthesia consultation clinic help to reduce operating room cancellation rate of cardiac surgery on the day of surgery?

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-96

  Farasatkish, Rasoul ^a   Aghdaii, Nahid ^a   Azarfarin, Rasoul ^a   Yazdanian, Froozan ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancellation rate; Cardiac surgery; Consultation clinic; Pre anesthesia evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 63849175248     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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