Anesthesia-related mortality and morbidity over a 5-year period in 2,363,038 patients in Japan

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 809-817

  Kawashima, Yasuo ^a   Takahashi, S ^b   Suzuki, M ^c,o   Morita, K ^d   Irita, K ^b   Iwao, Y ^e   Seo, N ^f   Tsuzaki, K ^g   Dohi, S ^h   Kobayashi, T ^i,p   Goto, Y ^j   Suzuki, G ^k   Fujii, A ^l   Suzuki, H ^m   Yokoyama, K ⁿ   Kugimiya, T ^k  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j Sapporo Ichijyo Clinic   (Japan)

^k JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^o Seirei Women's Junior College   (Japan)

^p Hokuriku Central Hospital   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cardiac arrest; Intraoperative complications; Morbidity; Mortality; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANESTHESIA; ANOXEMIA; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; JAPAN; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 10744224310     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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