Incident reporting in acute pain management

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 730-735

  Chen, P P ^a   Ma, M ^a   Chan, S ^a   Oh, T E ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Analgesia, audits; Complications, accidents; Pain, postoperative

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFUSION PUMP; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORBIDITY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY CONTROL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031847173     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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