Classification of adverse events occurring in a surgical intensive care unit

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-332

  Frankel, Heidi ^a   Sperry, Jason ^a   Kaplan, Lewis ^b   Foley, Andrea ^b   Rabinovici, Reuven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Intensive care unit; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34547781172     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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