Litigation related to airway and respiratory complications of anaesthesia: An analysis of claims against the NHS in England 1995-2007

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 556-563

  Cook, T M ^a   Scott, S ^b   Mihai, R ^b  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BREATHING DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; TOOTH INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BRAIN INJURIES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; STATE MEDICINE; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 77952246384     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06331.x     Document Type: Article

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