ASA classification and perioperative variables as predictors of postoperative outcome

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-222

  Wolters, U ^a   Wolf, T ^a   Stutzer H ^a   Schroder T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment, ASA classification; Complications, ASA classification; Complications, postoperative; Organisations, American Society of Anesthesiologists; Recovery, postoperative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0030055393     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/77.2.217     Document Type: Article

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