A retrospective audit of same day cancellations in a Canadian tertiary paediatric hospital post implementation of a structured preoperative evaluation clinic

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anaesthesia, McGill University Health Center, Montreal Children's Hospital (LACNL, KB, GB); Department of Paediatrics, McGill University Health Center, Montreal Children's Hospital (AMS).

Laura Alencar Cavalcante Nascimento Lima et al. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2023.

. 2023 May 1;40(5):377-380.

doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001824. Epub 2023 Mar 20.

¹ From the Department of Anaesthesia, McGill University Health Center, Montreal Children's Hospital (LACNL, KB, GB); Department of Paediatrics, McGill University Health Center, Montreal Children's Hospital (AMS).

No abstract available

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