Are we operating as well as we can? Critical care to minimise postoperative mortality and morbidity

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 689-692

  Goldhill, D R ^a   Down, J F ^b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; EDITORIAL; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CRITICAL CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 44949214690     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05611.x     Document Type: Editorial

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