Measuring anaesthetic outcomes

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 685-693

  Lee, A ^a   Lum, M E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: outcome; Complications: morbidity; Mortality; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

EID: 0030449596     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9602400610     Document Type: Article

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