Closing the audit loop-stoma complications within 3 weeks of surgery

Gastrointestinal Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 18-22

  Cottam, Jude ^a   Richards, Karen ^a  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Problematic stomas; Stoma care; This article has been subject to double blind peer review

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755186971     PISSN: 14795248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/gasn.2011.9.9.18     Document Type: Article

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