Patterns in neurosurgical adverse events and proposed strategies for reduction

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wong, Judith M ^a,c   Bader, Angela M ^a,b,d   Laws, Edward R ^c   Popp, A John ^c   Gawande, Atul A ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for Surgery and Public Health   (United States)

^c Departments of Neurosurgery   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Perioperative care; Surgical safety

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871431957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.FOCUS12184     Document Type: Article

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