Accuracy of malignant hyperthermia diagnoses in hospital discharge records

Anesthesiology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-63

  Pinyavat, Teeda ^a   Rosenberg, Henry ^b   Lang, Barbara H ^a   Wong, Cynthia A ^c   Riazi, Sheila ^d   Brady, Joanne E ^a   Sun, Lena S ^a   Li, Guohua ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANTROLENE; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-10; ICD-9; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DANTROLENE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925354668     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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