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Anaesthetic and postoperative recovery rooms are reviewed historically to detail their origins, early clinical use, and introduction into hospital planning.
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Historical context on recovery rooms informs planning; leaves open contemporary evidence-based refinements.
From time to time questions are asked about the origins and history of anaesthetic and postoperative recovery rooms. Early accounts of the use of these facilities, and their introduction into hospital planning, are reviewed.
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D. Zuck (1995) studied this question. Anaesthetic and postoperative recovery rooms are reviewed historically to detail their origins, early clinical use, and introduction into hospital planning.
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