A national survey of anaesthetists (NAP5 Baseline) to estimate an annual incidence of accidental awareness during general anaesthesia in the UK

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 501-509

  Pandit, J J ^a   Cook, T M ^b   Jonker, W R ^c   O'Sullivan, E ^d  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Anaesthetics and Critical Care   (Ireland)

^d ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

accidental awareness; Awareness; explicit recall; general anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIST; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875193193     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet016     Document Type: Article

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