What should we do when traditional research fails?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1059-1063

  Murray, D ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

goal directed fluid therapy; implementation science; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; FLUID THERAPY; HEART INDEX; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; PULSE PRESSURE; SCIENCE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 85027311969     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13935     Document Type: Editorial

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