When assessing what we know we don't know is not enough: Another perspective on pediatric outcomes

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-303

  Davis, Peter J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; HALOTHANE; SEVOFLURANE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; PEDIATRICS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547584096     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000268711.86620.76     Document Type: Editorial

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