Modest serum creatinine elevation affects adverse outcome after general surgery

Kidney International

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 585-592

  O’brien, Maureen M ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^a   Shroyer, A Laurie ^a   Grunwald, Gary K ^a   Daley, Jennifer ^a   Henderson, William G ^a   Khuri, Shukri F ^a   Anderson, Robert J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Morbidity; Postoperative mortality; Preoperative assessment; Surgery risk factors

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

CREATININE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0035991558     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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