Adverse events in five surgical procedures

Clinical Governance

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-155

  Kable, Ashley ^a   Gibberd, Robert ^a   Spigelman, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Patient care; Risk analysis; Safety; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 74549160464     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270910952306     Document Type: Review

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