Drug shortages in Canadian anesthesia: A national survey

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 539-551

  Hall, Richard ^a   Bryson, Gregory L ^b   Flowerdew, Gordon ^a   Neilipovitz, David ^c   Grabowski Comeau, Agnieszka ^a   Turgeon, Alexis F ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG SHORTAGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; CANADA; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878711342     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-013-9920-z     Document Type: Article

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