The AANA Foundation Closed Malpractice Claims Study on nerve injuries during anesthesia care

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 347-352

  Fritzlen, Tracie ^a   Kremer, Michael ^b   Biddle, Chuck ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed claims analysis; Complications; Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIST; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NERVE INJURY; PARAPLEGIA; PERONEUS NERVE; RADIAL NERVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; NURSING RECORDS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141958132     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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