Quantitative analysis of adverse events in neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 587-594

  Houkin, Kiyohiro ^a   Baba, Takeo ^a   Minamida, Yoshihiro ^a   Nonaka, Tadashi ^a   Koyanagi, Izumi ^a   Iiboshi, Satoshi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Morbidity and mortality conference; Neurosurgery; Quality assurance; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 69549103736     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000350860.59902.68     Document Type: Article

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