Unplanned anesthesia-related admissions to pediatric intensive care - A 6-year audit

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 575-580

  Kurowski, Irina ^a   Sims, Craig ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Admissions; Anesthesia clinical indicator; Complications; Pediatric intensive care

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; APNEA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLEEDING; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FOREIGN BODY; GAS EMBOLISM; GENETIC DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL ERROR;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248216483     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02154.x     Document Type: Article

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