The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation at 25: A pioneering success in safety, 25th anniversary provokes reflection, anticipation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 791-800

  Eichhorn, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG FORMULATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FIRE PROTECTION; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE ANESTHETIST; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SIMULATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84859103486     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182427536     Document Type: Article

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