Prospective trial of thoracic and spine surgeons' updating of their estimated case durations at the start of cases

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1164-1168

  Dexter, Elisabeth U ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^b   Masursky, Danielle ^b   Kasprowicz, Kimberly A ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL ERROR; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 77951004495     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181cd6eb9     Document Type: Article

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