Acute surgical unit: A new model of care

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 419-424

  Cox, Michael R ^a   Cook, Lyn ^a   Dobson, Jennifer ^a   Lambrakis, Paul ^a   Ganesh, Shanthan ^a   Cregan, Patrick ^a  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute surgery; Acute surgical unit; Emergency surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS; SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77953093492     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05331.x     Document Type: Article

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