Preoperative screening and risk assessment in the ambulatory surgery patient

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 705-711

  Gupta, Anil ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Perioperative care; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

OMEPRAZOLE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH STATUS; HIATUS HERNIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERNET; NURSES; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70449602263     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283301fb3     Document Type: Review

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