The incidence of intraoperative awareness in the UK: Under the rate or under the radar?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 494-497

  Avidan, Michael S ^a   Mashour, George A ^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

ANESTHESIST; EXPLICIT MEMORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875160139     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet012     Document Type: Editorial

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