Continent-wide anaesthesia guideline: A step towards safer practice

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 682-683

  Riad, Waleed ^a   Chung, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ANESTHESIA; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 80052855465     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32834b8b8b     Document Type: Note

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