Operative risk assessment

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-118

  Audisio, R A ^a,c   Cipolla, C ^a   Fentiman, I ^b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELDERLY CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0032006326     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-8428(97)10014-2     Document Type: Article

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