Bariatric surgery with operating room teams that stayed fixed during the day: A multicenter study analyzing the effects on patient outcomes, teamwork and safety climate, and procedure duration

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1384-1392

  Stepaniak, Pieter S ^a,b   Heij, Christiaan ^a   Buise, Marc P ^b   Mannaerts, Guido H H ^c   Smulders, J Frans ^b   Nienhuijs, Simon W ^b  

^a Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FECES IMPACTION; FIXED OPERATING ROOM TEAM; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870249645     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31826c7fa6     Document Type: Article

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