1000 anaesthetic incidents: Experience to date

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 856-863

  James, R Hugh ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: complications; medical errors; incidents; adverse events; Risk management: hospital incident reporting; administrative structure; anonymity, blame

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0041825291     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03334.x     Document Type: Article

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