Measuring postoperative complications in general surgery patients using an outcomes-based strategy: Comparison with complications presented at morbidity and mortality rounds

Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 711-720

  Feldman, Liane ^a   Barkun, Jeffrey ^a   Barkun, Alan ^a   Sampalis, John ^a   Rosenberg, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030833418     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(97)90078-7     Document Type: Article

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