A survey of the status of education and research in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-12

  Jochberger, Stefan ^a   Ismailova, Feruza ^b   Banda, Daniel ^b   Mayr, Viktoria D ^a   Luckner, Günter ^a   Lederer, Wolfgang ^a   Wenzel, Volker ^a   Wilson, Iain H ^c   Dünser, Martin W ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Intensive care medicine; Least developed countries; University teaching hospital

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; DOPAMINE; HALOTHANE; HYDROCORTISONE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PANCURONIUM; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RADIOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ZAMBIA;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 74949144099     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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