Outpatient preanaesthesia evaluation clinics

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 509-516

  Lew, Eileen ^a   Pavlin, D J ^b   Amundsen, L ^b  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Anaesthesia; Outpatient clinics; Preadmission evaluation; Preoperative care

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREADMISSION EVALUATION; PREANESTHESIA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SAME DAY ADMISSION SURGERY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSE CLINICIANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 9444227666     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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