The Helsinki Declaration on patient safety in anaesthesiology: Putting words into practice

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-290

  Whitaker, David K ^a   Brattebø, Guttorm ^b   Smith, Andrew F ^c   Staender, Sven E A ^d  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

anaesthesiology; emergency medicine; intensive care medicine; pain medicine; perioperative care; safety

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; HELSINKI DECLARATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955820485     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2011.02.001     Document Type: Review

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