Current status of pulmonary aspiration associated with general anesthesia: A nationwide survey in Japan

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1177-1185

  Shime, Nobuaki ^a   Ono, Akira ^b   Chihara, Eiichi ^c   Tanaka, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (Japan)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; General anesthesia; Japanese practice; Pulmonary aspiration

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STEROID THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 26644456148     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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