Missed steps in the preanesthetic set-up

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-88

  Demaria, Samuel ^a   Blasius, Kimberly ^a   Neustein, Steven M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMEDICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 79960263821     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318219645e     Document Type: Article

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