Auditing the national audit projects: impact and implementation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 107-111

  Avidan, M S ^a   Myles, P S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIST; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SOCIAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; ANAPHYLAXIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANAPHYLAXIS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85047394081     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.05.044     Document Type: Editorial

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