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The Recovery Room: Transition from a Sleepy Postoperative Unit to a Vibrant and Cost-Effective Multipurpose Perioperative Care Unit

Stefan Schad1 Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Kliniken-MTK, Academic Hospital of the Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hendrik Booke2 Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Serge C Thal3 Department of Anesthesiology, HELIOS University Hospital Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Wuppertal, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1222-8729
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Alexander H Bentley3 Department of Anesthesiology, HELIOS University Hospital Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Wuppertal, Germany
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Michael Booke1 Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Kliniken-MTK, Academic Hospital of the Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7492-5597
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Pages 893-896 | Published online: 19 Oct 2021

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