Pre-operative fasting: A nationwide survey of German anaesthesia departments

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-320

  Breuer, J P ^a   Bosse, G ^a   Seifert, S ^a   Prochnow, L ^a   Martin, J ^b   Schleppers, A ^c   Geldner, G ^d   Soreide, E ^e   Spies, C ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Hospital Am Eichert   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM LUDWIGSBURG   (Germany)

^e STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET RESTRICTION; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FASTING; FOOD; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; SMOKING;

EID: 76349125541     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02123.x     Document Type: Article

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