Perioperative risk factors affecting hospital stay and hospital costs in open heart surgery for patients ≤ 65 years old

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1133-1140

  Fernandez, Javier ^a,b   Chen, Chao ^a,b   Anolik, Gail ^a   Brdlik, Otto B ^a,b   Laub, Glenn W ^a,b   Anderson, William A ^a,b   McGrath, Lynn B ^a,b  

^a DEBORAH HEART AND LUNG CENTER   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital stay; Risk factors; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030753436     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)01216-5     Document Type: Article

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