Perioperative databases: From data to improvement of outcome

Anesthesiology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 691-692

  Kehlet, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84866737530     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318259aba9     Document Type: Editorial

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