Enhanced recovery after surgery - current trends in perioperative care

Update in Anaesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-23

  Niranjan, Niraj ^a   Bolton, Tara ^a   Berry, Colin ^b  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Kent and Surrey Hopsital ^*  (United Kingdom)

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