Risk factors for early hospital readmission after cardiac operations

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 278-286

  Ferraris, Victor A ^a,b,c   Ferraris, Suellen P ^a,b,c   Harmon, R Christopher ^a,b,c   Evans, Boyd D ^a,b,c   Linkus, Kevin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c St Mary's Outpatient Center   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STERNUM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0035437444     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.114776     Document Type: Article

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