Patient-centered perioperative checklists to improve surgical care quality
A guest column by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, exclusive to KevinMD.com.
With the recent expansion of ambulatory surgical centers, the number of outpatient surgical procedures has increased at an exponential rate. Coupled with the rise in volume has been the increasing complexity of procedures and underlying diseases of patients. The convergence of these factors …
Patient-centered perioperative checklists to improve surgical care quality
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