Journal article
Go/no-go decision in anaesthesia: wide variation in risk tolerance amongst anaesthetists
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Background: The variability in risk tolerance in medicine is not well understood. Parallels are often drawn between aviation and anaesthesia. The aviation industry is perceived as culturally risk averse, and part of preflight checks involves a decision on whether the flight can operate. This is sometimes termed a go/no-go decision. This questionnaire study was undertaken to explore the equivalent go/no-go decision in anaesthesia. We presented anaesthetists with a range of situations in which ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- British Journal of Anaesthesia Journal website
- Volume:
- 118
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 740-746
- Publication date:
- 2017-05-15
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-12-20
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-6771
- ISSN:
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0007-0912
- Source identifiers:
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695653
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:695653
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- Local pid:
- pubs:695653
- Deposit date:
- 2017-06-02
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- Copyright holder:
- Greig et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Journal of Anaesthesia. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aew444
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