Reduction of postoperative mortality and morbidity

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7295, 2001, Pages 1182-

  Mcculloch, Timothy J ^a   Loadsman, John A ^a   Higham, Helen ^b   Mishra, Pitabas ^b   Foex P ^b   Rodgers, Anthony ^c   Walker, Natalie ^c   Schug, Stephan ^d   Mckee, Andrew ^e   Van Zundert, Andre ^f  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Clinical Trials Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e Green Lane Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^f CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ANESTHESIA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035849346     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1182     Document Type: Letter

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