Day case surgery and workload.
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Day case surgery and obesity.
Editor—Our hospital trust, in common with many throughout the UK and beyond, wishes to increase the number of operations performed on a day case basis. One of the constraints on this is the increasing proportion of the population which is obese. It is reasonable to exercise caution in selecting obese patients for surgery as this group poses a number of challenges, including problems with the ai...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.304.6835.1174-b