Morbidity in anaesthesia: Today and tomorrow

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-132

  Haller, Guy ^a,b   Laroche, Thierry ^a   Clergue, François ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

adverse events; crew resource management; human factors; medical error; patient safety; simulation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NERVE INJURY; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955816900     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2011.02.008     Document Type: Review

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