Claims for compensation after injuries related to airway management: a nationwide study covering 15 years

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 781-789

  Fornebo, I ^a   Simonsen, K A ^b   Bukholm, I R K ^a,c   Kongsgaard, U E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b The Norwegian system of Compensation to Patients ^*  (Norway)

^c The Norwegian System of Compensation to Patients (NPE)   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICE MIGRATION; EMERGENCY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASK; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN (CITIZEN); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TOOTH INJURY; VERY ELDERLY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INJURIES; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRACHEA;

AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; TOOTH INJURIES; TRACHEA;

EID: 85019703620     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12914     Document Type: Article

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