Risk factors for cardiovascular death after elective surgery under general anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-19

  Howell, S J ^a   Sear, Y M ^a   Yeates, D ^b   Goldacre, M ^b   Sear, J W ^a   Foex P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, audit; Anaesthesia, general; Complications, cardiovascular disease; Complications, death; Records, anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0031985003     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/80.1.14     Document Type: Article

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