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Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia Volume 9, 2003 - Issue 4
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A quantification of discharge readiness after outpatient anaesthesia: patients' vs nurses' assesment

H VaghadiaDepartment of Anaesthesia, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
, MB BS MHSc FRCPC,
K CheungDepartment of Anaesthesia, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
, MD,
C HendersonDepartment of Anaesthesia, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
, MD FRCPC,
A V G StewartDepartment of Anaesthesia, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
, MB ChB, DA, FRCA &
P H LennoxDepartment of Anaesthesia, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.Correspondence[email protected]
, MB. MRCPI. FCARCSI
Pages 5-9 | Published online: 12 Aug 2014

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