Another inconvenient truth: Meeting the challenge of preventing poor surgical outcomes

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-338

  Pearse, Rupert M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78449312151     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32833c5cb7     Document Type: Note

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