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A new and very simple scoring system for recording post-anaesthetic recovery is described. When numerical values are assigned to factors indicating recovery, progress or lack of it is obvious. The record may have medico-legal value. It can be incorporated into the Recovery Room Record.
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Steward, D.J. A simplified scoring system for the post-operative recovery room. Canad. Anaesth. Soc. J. 22, 111–113 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03004827
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03004827