Nursing workload associated with adverse events in the postanesthesia care unit

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1882-1890

  Cohen, Marsha M ^a,b,c   O'Brien Pallas, Linda L ^b   Copplestone, Christine ^d   Wall, Ronald ^e   Porter, Joan ^f   Rose, D Keith ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anesthesia costs; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032760595     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199912000-00043     Document Type: Article

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