A simulation model for determining the optimal size of emergency teams on call in the operating room at night

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1655-1662

  Van Oostrum, Jeroen M ^a   Van Houdenhoven, Mark ^a   Vrielink, Manon M J ^a   Klein, Jan ^a   Hans, Erwin W ^b   Klimek, Markus ^a   Wullink, Gerhard ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   Kazemier, Geert ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL FEE; NIGHT WORK; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SAFETY; SURGEON; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMERGENCY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MANPOWER; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SAFETY;

EID: 56149104538     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318184e919     Document Type: Article

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