Quality assurance in clinical perfusion

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 409-414

  Svenmarker, Staffan ^a   Häggmark, Sören ^a   Jansson, Erica ^a   Lindholm, Ronny ^a   Appelblad, Micael ^a   Åberg, Torkel ^a  

^a Heart Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass; Incident; Oxygenator; Quality assurance; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRATION; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OXYGENATORS, MEMBRANE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032192562     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00208-5     Document Type: Article

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