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Standards of care in operating theatres

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Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency A.P.I.C.E.

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Most clinicians develop “routines”, “protocols”, “standards” or “configurations” for the evaluation and management of diseases they frequently encounter. Especially in anaesthesiology, doctors and nurses are used to working with those standards, dealing with such matters as venous access, spinal anaesthesia and airway management.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    F. Grüne, T. Ottens & M. Klimek

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Catania University Hospital, Catania, Italy

    Antonino Gullo M.D. (Head) (Head)

  2. Postgraduated School of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Catania University Hospital, Catania, Italy

    Antonino Gullo M.D. (Head) (Head)

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Grüne, F., Ottens, T., Klimek, M. (2007). Standards of care in operating theatres. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0571-6_25

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