What next targets for anaesthesia safety?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-362

  Clergue, François ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SAFETY;

EID: 43149099895     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282ff8c62     Document Type: Editorial

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