Perioperative medicine: The future of anaesthesia?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 723-726

  Grocott, M P W ^a,b,c   Pearse, R M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NIAA Health Services Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 84859832997     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes124     Document Type: Editorial

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