Airway injury during anesthesia: A closed claims analysis

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1703-1711

  Domino, Karen B ^a   Posner, Karen L ^c   Caplan, Robert A ^a,b   Cheney, Frederick W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Esophageal perforation; Liability; Mediastinitis; Medicolegal; Pharyngeal perforation; Temporomandibular joint disorders; Vocal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNX INJURY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TRACHEA INJURY;

EID: 0032740372     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199912000-00023     Document Type: Article

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