Multicenter validation of a risk index for mortality, intensive care unit stay, and overall hospital length of stay after cardiac surgery

Circulation

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 677-684

  Tu, Jack V ^a,d   Jaglal, Susan B ^b   Naylor, C David ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality; risk factors; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0028893946     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.91.3.677     Document Type: Article

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