Equipment problems during anaesthesia - Are they a quality problem?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 825-831

  Fasting, S ^a   Gisvold, S E ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Complications, equipment problems; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SAFETY;

EID: 0036901148     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aef276     Document Type: Article

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