Perioperative cardiac arrest: A study of 53 718 anaesthetics over 9 yr from a Brazilian teaching hospital

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 569-575

  Braz, L G ^a   Modolo N S P ^a   do Nascimento Jr , P ^a   Bruschi, B A M ^a   Castiglia, Y M M ^a   Ganem, E M ^a   de Carvalho, L R ^a   Braz, J R C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Complications, cardiac arrest; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 33645859580     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael065     Document Type: Article

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