Scrutinizing incident reporting in anaesthesia: Why is an incident perceived as critical?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1005-1013

  Maaloe R ^a   La Cour, M ^b   Hansen, A ^c   Hansen, E G ^c   Hansen, M ^d   Spangsberg, N L M ^e   Landsfeldt, U S ^e   Odorico, J ^f   Olsen, K S ^b   Trier Moller J ^g   Pedersen, T ^g  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^g Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Critical incidents; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; INCIDENT REPORT; LARYNX SPASM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR ACCESS; VOMITING;

EID: 33747682184     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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