Risk factors for cardiovascular death within 30 days after anaesthesia and urgent or emergency surgery: A nested case-control study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 679-684

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

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032923532     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/82.5.679     Document Type: Article

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