Liability related to peripheral venous and arterial catheterization: A closed claims analysis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-129

  Bhananker, Sanjay M ^a,b   Liau, Derek W ^a   Kooner, Preetma K ^a   Posner, Karen L ^a   Caplan, Robert A ^a   Domino, Karen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR EMBOLISM; ANESTHESIST; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPENSATION; COST; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXTRAVASATION; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RADIAL ARTERY; SCAR; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SWELLING; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650683944     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31818f87c8     Document Type: Article

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