Anaesthetic adverse incident reports: an Australian study of 1,231 outcomes.

A. Aders; H. Aders

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Anaesthetic adverse incident reports: an Australian study of 1,231 outcomes.

July 13, 2005

Aders A, Aders H. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2005;33(3):336-44.

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The authors examined adverse outcome reports over a five-year period to find trends in incident claims. They suggest the knowledge be applied to develop risk management strategies to minimize similar occurrences.

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