Use of a national data base to assess perioperative risk, morbidity, mortality, and cost savings in coronary artery bypass grafting

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1074-1077

  Nikas, Dimitris J ^a,b,c   Freeman, Jenny E ^a,b   Luterman, Arnold R ^a,b   Warnken, Louis C ^a,b   Nenstiel, Richard D ^a,b   Farrell, Melissa ^a,b   Alpert, Martin A ^a,b  

^a Univ of S Alabama Coll of Med ^*

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST SAVINGS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029972211     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199611000-00009     Document Type: Article

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