Predictors of 30-day hospital readmission after coronary artery bypass

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-174

  Stewart, Robert D ^a   Campos, Christian T ^a   Jennings, Beth ^a   Lollis, S Scott ^a   Levitsky, Sidney ^a   Lahey, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033943973     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01386-2     Document Type: Article

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