Erschienen in:
01.07.2014 | Special Article
From the Journal archives: Safety at our fingertips
verfasst von:
Jan M. Davies, MD
Erschienen in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Ausgabe 7/2014
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Excerpt
As part of the
Journal’s 60
th anniversary Diamond Jubilee Celebration, a number of seminal articles from the
Journal archives are highlighted in the
Journal’s 61
st printed volume and online at:
www.springer.com/12630. The following article was selected on the basis of its novelty at the time of publication, its scientific merit, and its overall importance to clinical practice:
McKay WPS, Noble WH. Critical incidents detected by pulse oximetry during anaesthesia. Can J Anaesth 1988; 35: 265-9. Dr. Jan M. Davies provides expert commentary on the historical context of this article and particularly, the time required for anesthesiologists to detect and to respond to hypoxemia as a perioperative critical event. …