Rate of undesirable events at beginning of academic year: Retrospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7727, 2009, Pages 957-

  Haller, Guy ^a   Myles, Paul S ^b   Taffé, Patrick ^c   Perneger, Thomas V ^a   Wu, Christopher L ^d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; OXYGENATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; VICTORIA;

EID: 70350289987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3974     Document Type: Article

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