Results of the confidential enquiry into perioperative small animal fatalities regarding risk factors for anesthetic-related death in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1096-1104

  Brodbelt, David C ^a,b   Pfeiffer, Dirk U ^a,b   Young, Lesley E ^a,b,c   Wood, James L N ^a,b,d  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Veterinary Cardiology Services   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DOG; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OXIMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DOGS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; ODDS RATIO; OXIMETRY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 54049094492     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.7.1096     Document Type: Article

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