Neurophysiologic surgical monitoring staffing patterns in the USA

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 616-620

  Nuwer, Jamie M ^a,b,c   Nuwer, Marc R ^b,c  

^a Marymount High School   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; EEG; Scoliosis; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Staffing patterns; Surgical monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SCOLIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031457702     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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