Mortality in anesthesia: A systematic review

Clinics

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 999-1006

  Braz, Leandro Gobbo ^a   Braz, Danilo Gobbo ^b   da Cruz, Deyvid Santos ^a   Fernandes, Luciano Augusto ^a   Módolo, Norma Sueli Pinheiro ^a   José, Reinaldo Cerqueira Braz ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cardiac Arrest; Mortality; Perioperative; Review

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ANESTHESIA; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 70350544028     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322009001000011     Document Type: Review

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