Quality and safety in pediatric anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1408-1418

  Varughese, Anna M ^a   Rampersad, Sally E ^b   Whitney, Gina M ^c   Flick, Randall P ^d   Anton, Blair ^e   Heitmiller, Eugenie S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889053215     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318294fb4a     Document Type: Review

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