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A Microcomputer-Based System for the Assessment of Postoperative Fatigue

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Microcomputers in Medicine

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The use of a microcomputer to measure postoperative fatigue may seem to be a rather unusual application and therefore it is necessary to describe the background to the study and something of the thinking that was behind the project.

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  1. Department of Surgical Studies, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Mortimer Street, W1N 8AA, London, UK

    P. D. Coleridge Smith MA, BM, FRCS (Senior Lecturer in Surgical Science) & J. H. Scurr BSc, FRCS (Senior Lecturer in Surgery and Honorary Consultant Surgeon) (Senior Lecturer in Surgical Science) &  (Senior Lecturer in Surgery and Honorary Consultant Surgeon)

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Stock, S. (1988). A Microcomputer-Based System for the Assessment of Postoperative Fatigue. In: Smith, P.D.C., Scurr, J.H. (eds) Microcomputers in Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1613-4_8

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