Thirty day mortality and related variables in open heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 526-530

  Ogendo, S W O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035496617     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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