A call centre and extended checklist for pre-screening elective surgical patients - A pilot study

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ludbrook, Guy ^a,b   Seglenieks, Richard ^b   Osborn, Shona ^b   Grant, Cliff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; CATI; Computer assisted; Cost benefit; Preoperative assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CALL CENTER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHECKLIST; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ATTENDANCE; COMPUTER HEALTH ASSESSMENT BY TELEPHONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SCHEDULE; PILOT STUDY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCREENING; TELEPHONE CALL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; AGED; ANESTHESIA; HIP REPLACEMENT; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTOR;

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHECKLIST; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930196837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-015-0057-1     Document Type: Article

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