Pre-existing medical conditions as predictors of adverse events in day-case surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 262-270

  Chung, F ^a   Mezei, G ^a   Tong, D ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, day case; Complications, morbidity; Model, mathematical; Model, statistical

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING;

EID: 0032807826     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/83.2.262     Document Type: Article

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