Does use of a World Health Organization obstetric safe surgery checklist improve communication between obstetricians and anaesthetists? A retrospective study of 389 caesarean sections

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 644-648

  Mohammed, A ^a   Wu, J ^a   Biggs, T ^b   Ofili Yebovi, D ^a   Cox, M ^a   Pacquette, S ^a   Duffy, S ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics; communication; emergency caesarean section; obstetrics; surgical checklist

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHECKLIST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION OBSTETRIC SAFE SURGERY CHECKLIST;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84875225113     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12041     Document Type: Article

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