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The Preoperative Evaluation of Cardiovascular Functional Reserve in Patients Undergoing Major Arthroplasty Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Corrine Jenkinson*
Affiliation:
Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Pre-Assessment, Elective Orthopaedic Centre, Epsom, Surrey, UK
*
Correspondence to: Corrine Jenkinson, Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Pre-Assessment, Elective Orthopaedic Centre, Dorking Road, Epsom, Surrey KT187EG, UK. E-mail: Cori21@hotmail.com
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Copyright © British Association of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing 2009

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