Evolution of anaesthesia care and related events between 1996 and 2010 in Switzerland

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1275-1286

  Pittet, V ^a   Perret, C ^a   Moret, V ^b   Despond, O ^c   Burnand, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OLIGURIA; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885961601     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12177     Document Type: Article

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