Anesthesia and its allied disciplines in the developing world: A nationwide survey of the Republic of Zambia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 942-948

  Jochberger, Stefan ^a   Ismailova, Feruza ^b   Lederer, Wolfgang ^a   Mayr, Viktoria D ^a   Luckner, Günter ^a   Wenzel, Volker ^a   Ulmer, Hanno ^c   Hasibeder, Walter R ^d   Dünser, Martin W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried Betriebsgesellschaft mbH   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATRACURIUM; BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHER; HALOTHANE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PANCURONIUM; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 39749166990     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318166ecb8     Document Type: Article

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