Evaluation of a large-scale donation of Lifebox pulse oximeters to non-physician anaesthetists in Uganda

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 445-451

  Finch, L C ^a   Kim, R Y ^b   Ttendo, S ^c   Kiwanuka, J K ^c   Walker, I A ^d   Wilson, I H ^e   Weiser, T G ^f   Berry, W R ^b   Gawande, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LARGE SCALE DONATION; NON PHYSICIAN ANESTHETIST; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; RURAL AREA; STAFF TRAINING; UGANDA;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANOXIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OXIMETRY; UGANDA;

EID: 84898932031     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12632     Document Type: Article

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