Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
The Thai Anesthesia Incident Monitoring Study (Thai AIMS) of desaturation: an analysis of 1,996 incident reports.
The present study is a part of the Multicentered Study of Model of Anesthesia related Adverse Events in Thailand by Incident Report (The Thai Anesthesia Incident Monitoring Study or Thai AIMS). The objective of the present study was to determine the frequency distribution, outcomes, contributory factors, and factors minimizing incident. ⋯ To lower the incidence of oxygen desaturation, the anesthesia personnel has to improve the anesthesia services by quality assurance activity, improvement of supervision, clinical practice guidelines, and additional training.