Extending the WHO 'Safe Surgery Saves Lives' project through Global Oximetry

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1045-1048

  Merry, A F ^a   Eichhorn, J H ^a   Wilson, I H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPNOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PULSE OXIMETRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; LONGEVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSE OXIMETER; REVIEW; SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OXIMETRY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70349310418     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06104.x     Document Type: Editorial

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