The anaesthesia critical incident reporting system: An experience based database

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 87-90

  Staender, S ^a   Davies, J ^b   Helmreich, B ^c   Sexton, B ^c   Kaufmann, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Critical incident; Death

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MEDICINE;

ANESTHESIA; CRITICAL INCIDENT; DEATH; INTERNET;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; ERROR; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD CIRCULATION; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATABASES; EMERGENCIES; HEART; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OPERATING ROOMS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TEACHING;

EID: 0031279961     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(97)00087-7     Document Type: Article

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