Unplanned admission to the Intensive Care Unit in postoperative patients - An indicator of quality of anaesthetic care?

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 592-598

  Piercy, M ^a,e   Lau, S ^b   Loh, F ^c   Reid, D ^a   Santamaria, J ^a   Mackay, P ^d  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Western Hospital   (Australia)

^d Victorian Consultative Council on Anaesthetic Morbidity and Mortality   (Australia)

^e Victorian Consultative Council on Anaesthetic Morbidity and Mortality ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Admission; Anaesthesia; Care; Critical care; Intensive care; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 33750629792     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0603400504     Document Type: Article

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