Analysis of deaths related to anesthesia in the period 1996-2004 from closed claims registered by the Danish Patient Insurance Association

Anesthesiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 675-680

  Hove, Lars Dahlgaard ^a,b   Steinmetz, Jacob ^b   Christoffersen, Jens Krogh ^c   Møller, Ann ^a   Nielsen, Jacob ^a   Schmidt, Henrik ^d  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c Danish Patient Insurance Association   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CHRONIC PAIN; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INSURANCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPEUTIC ERROR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147125853     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000264749.86145.e5     Document Type: Article

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