Difficulties and challenges associated with literature searches in operating room management, complete with recommendations

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1460-1479

  Wachtel, Ruth E ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CREATIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARY SCIENCE; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATA MINING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; PUBMED; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 84888997368     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182a6d33b     Document Type: Review

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