The risk and safety of anesthesia at remote locations: The US closed claims analysis

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 502-508

  Metzner, Julia ^a   Posner, Karen L ^a   Domino, Karen B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Malpractice claims; Remote locations; Risk; Safety; Sedation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; KETAMINE; METHOHEXITAL; OPIATE; PROPOFOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BURN; CAPNOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NERVE INJURY; OPERATING ROOM; OXYGENATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEDATION; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION; SAFETY;

EID: 68949125123     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32832dba50     Document Type: Review

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