Safety through education: FY1 doctors still poor in prescribing intravenous fluids

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7807, 2011, Pages

  Powell, Arfon G M T ^a   Paterson Brown, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84859009338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2741     Document Type: Letter

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