Mortality associated with anaesthesia

Bailliere's Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-250

  Pedersen, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030015837     PISSN: 09503501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3501(96)80015-8     Document Type: Article

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