Undergraduate medical textbooks do not provide adequate information on intravenous fluid therapy: A systematic survey and suggestions for improvement

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Powell, Arfon Gmt ^a   Paterson Brown, Simon ^b   Drummond, Gordon B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid Therapy; Medical graduates; Teaching; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; SCOTLAND; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84894618135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-35     Document Type: Article

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