Perioperative mortality in developed and developing countries

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9847, 2012, Pages 1038-1039

  Avidan, Michael S ^a   Kheterpal, Sachin ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ANESTHESIST; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAPNOGRAPHY; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEEDING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL THERAPY EDUCATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866506158     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61271-9     Document Type: Note

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