Risk factors, complications, and outcome in surgery: A multivariate analysis

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 563-568

  Wolters, Ulrich ^a   Wolf, Thomas ^a   Stützer, Hartmut ^a   Schröder, Torsten ^a   Pichlmaier, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Risk assessment; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CODING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030833708     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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