Prediction rules for complications in coronary bypass surgery: A comparison and methodological critique

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 820-835

  Fortescue, Elizabeth B ^a   Kahn, Katherine ^b   Bates, David W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse outcomes; Coronary artery bypass surgery; Mortality; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034241389     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200008000-00006     Document Type: Article

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