Perioperative mortality and the share of anaesthesiological activity in the VU University Hospital Amsterdam;Perioperatieve sterfte en het aandeel van het anesthesiologisch handelen binnen het Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 142, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 701-705

  De Lange, J J ^a   Scheffer, G J ^a   Zuurmond, W W A ^a   Van Helden, W H ^a   Nieuwenhuijs, D J F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032574575     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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