Telephone pre-anaesthesia assessment for ambulatory breast surgery

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-182

  Law, T T ^a   Suen, Dacita T K ^a   Tam, Y F ^a   Cho, S Y ^a   Chung, H P ^a   Kwong, Ava ^a   Yuen, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgical procedures; Anesthesia; Breast neoplasms; Preoperative care; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEPHONE; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650480224     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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