Performance of Dutch hospitals in the management of splenectomized patients

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 466-470

  Lammers, Jolanda ^a   Veninga, Daphne ^a   Speelman, Peter ^a   Hoekstra, Joost ^a   Lombarts, Kiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospital; Management; Performance; Post splenectomy; Teaching status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 78651470743     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.690     Document Type: Article

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