Surgical mortality and type of anesthesia provider

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-116

  Pine, Michael ^a   Holt, Kathleen D ^a   Lou, You Bei ^a  

^a Michael Pine and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia mortality; Anesthesia providers; Nurse anesthetist; Quality of care; Surgical mortality

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK;

ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0037388471     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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