A national survey on preoperative fasting: Policies and practices in Jamaican Hospitals;Encuesta nacional sobre el ayuno preoperatorio: Desafíos de la implementación de un cambio

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 227-233

  McGaw, C D ^a   Ehikhametalor, E ^a   Nelson, M ^a   Soogrim, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FASTING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 9744238955     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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