Handover after pediatric heart surgery: A simple tool improves information exchange

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-313

  Zavalkoff, Samara R ^a   Razack, Saleem I ^a,b   Lavoie, Josée ^a   Dancea, Adrian B ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

communication; handoff; handover; intensive care; postoperative period; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HANDOVER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 79955900835     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181fe27b6     Document Type: Article

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