Paediatric perioperative cardiac arrest and its mortality: Database of a 60-month period from a tertiary care paediatric centre

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 490-495

  Bharti, Neerja ^a   Batra, Yatindra Kumar ^a   Kaur, Hervinder ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Cardiac arrest; Cause; Mortality; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGE; ANESTHESIA; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 68849083330     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328323dac0     Document Type: Article

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