Incidence and hospital stay for cardiac and pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 671-678

  Lawrence, Valerie A ^a   Hilsenbeck, Susan G ^a   Mulrow, Cynthia D ^a   Dhanda, Rahul ^a   Sapp, Joan ^a   Page, Carey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac complications; preoperative care; pulmonary complications; surgery operative

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK;

ABDOMEN; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TEXAS;

EID: 0029620680     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02602761     Document Type: Article

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