Early detection of complications after gastrostomy: Summary of a safety report from the National Patient Safety Agency

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7755, 2010, Pages 1081-1082

  Healey, Frances ^a   Sanders, David S ^b   Lamont, Tara ^a   Scarpello, John ^a   Agbabiaka, Taofikat ^a  

^a NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77953923089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2160     Document Type: Article

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