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THE PERIOD SPENT IN HOSPITAL FOR APPENDICECTOMY
Author(s) -
McEwin Roderick
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb63259.x
Subject(s) - period (music) , repatriation , medicine , appendicitis , general surgery , history , art , archaeology , aesthetics
The period spent in hospital for appendicectomy was studied in two public and two Repatriation hospitals. The period was longer than predicted by surgeons, and differed little between the hospitals, in spite of considerable variation in demand for beds in the two public hspitals.