The Development of a Validated Checklist for Thoracentesis: Preliminary Results

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-226

  Berg, Dale ^a   Berg, Katherine ^a   Riesenberg, Lee Ann ^b   Weber, Danielle ^c   King, Daniel ^d   Mealey, Kathleen ^e   Justice, Ellen M ^f   Geffe, Kevin ^f   Tinkoff, Glen ^a,f  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; checklist; teaching; thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT; CHECKLIST; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARACENTESIS; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA CAVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TEACHING; THORACOCENTESIS;

ASSESSMENT; CHECKLIST; TEACHING; THORACENTESIS;

CHECKLIST; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; PARACENTESIS; PLEURAL CAVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84878045089     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860612459881     Document Type: Article

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