Incidence and root cause analysis of wrong-site pain management procedures: A multicenter study

Anesthesiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 711-718

  Cohen, Steven P ^a,b   Hayek, Salim M ^c   Datta, Sukdeb ^d   Bajwa, Zahid H ^e   Larkin, Thomas M ^b,f   Griffith, Scott ^b,f   Hobelmann, Greg ^a   Christo, Paul J ^a   White, Ronald ^g  

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

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^g LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STEROID THERAPY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WRONG SITE SURGERY;

EID: 77649154355     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181cf892d     Document Type: Article

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