A report on an acute, in-hours, outpatient review clinic with ultrasonography facilities for the early evaluation of general surgical patients

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 468-474

  Pidgeon, Thomas E ^a   Shariff, U ^a   Devine, F ^a   Menon, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care facilities; Emergencies; General surgery; Outpatients; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995555359     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2016.0164     Document Type: Article

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