Monitoring surgical mortality

Editorial

Nancy N Baxter. BMJ. 2005.

. 2005 May 14;330(7500):1098-9.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1098.

No abstract available

Comment in

Scottish model for surgical mortality used in Australasia.
Aitken RJ. Aitken RJ. BMJ. 2005 Jun 11;330(7504):1389-90. doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7504.1389-c. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 15947409 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Building a framework for trust: critical event analysis of deaths in surgical care.
Thompson AM, Stonebridge PA. Thompson AM, et al. BMJ. 2005 May 14;330(7500):1139-42. doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1139. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 15891231 Free PMC article. Review.
Failure to act on good intentions.
Esmail A. Esmail A. BMJ. 2005 May 14;330(7500):1144-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1144. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 15891233 Free PMC article.

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