Task analysis of the preincision period in a pediatric operating suite: An independent observer-based study of 656 cases

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 928-931

  Saadat, Haleh ^a   Escobar, Alejandro ^a   Davis, Elizabeth A ^a   Ehrenwerth, Jan ^a   Watrous, Gail ^a   Fisch, Gene S ^a   Kain, Zeev N ^a   Barash, Paul G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INCISION; INFANT; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSERVATION; OPERATING ROOMS; PEDIATRICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33750089301     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000232493.82575.6c     Document Type: Article

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