Perioperative cardiac arrests in children at a university teaching hospital of a developing country over 15 years

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 581-586

  Ahmed, Aliya ^a   Ali, Mohammad ^a   Khan, Mueenullah ^a   Khan, Fauzia ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Pediatric anesthesia; Perioperative complications: cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549161499     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.02992.x     Document Type: Article

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