CARDIAC ARREST DURING ANESTHESIA
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Cardiac arrest during anesthesia at a university Hospital in Nigeria.
BACKGROUND We assessed the incidence and outcomes of cardiac arrest during anesthesia in the operating room at our university hospital. A previous study on intraoperative cardiac arrests covered a period from 1994-1998 and since then; anesthetic personnel, equipment, and workload have increased remarkably. MATERIALS AND METHODS After obtaining institutional ethics approval, we retrospectively...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1951
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-195108000-00008