An audit of unplanned postoperative intensive care unit admissions in Enugu, Nigeria: Causes and outcome

Southern African Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-19

  Okafor, U V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG FATALITY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOCK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THYROIDECTOMY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 70349975815     PISSN: 15628264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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