Awareness during anesthesia: A closed claims analysis

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1053-1061

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complications; Consciousness; Injuries; Medicolegal; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032933744     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199904000-00019     Document Type: Article

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