Monitoring medical devices: The need for new evaluation methodology

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 678-681

  Bridgland, I A ^a   Menon, D K ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; ERROR; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0035174061     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/87.5.678     Document Type: Editorial

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