Critical incidents in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 382-386

  Chacko, J ^a,b   Raju, H R ^a   Singh, M K ^a   Mishra, R C ^a  

^a MANIPAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical incidents; Intensive care; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FATALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250674119     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500311     Document Type: Article

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