Influence of motivation of care providers on the incidence of postoperative hypoxaemia in the recovery room

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 453-457

  Rheineck Leyssius, A T ^a   Kalkman, C J ^a,b   Trouwborst, A ^a,b  

^a TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypoxaemia; Monitoring, oxygen; Surgery, postoperative period

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RECOVERY ROOM;

EID: 0029800442     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/77.4.453     Document Type: Article

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