The effect of comorbid illness on mortality outcomes in cardiac surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 428-433

  Clough, Robert A ^a   Leavitt, Bruce J ^a   Morton, Jeremy R ^a   Plume, Stephen K ^a   Hernandez, Felix ^a   Nugent, William ^a   Lahey, Stephen J ^a   Ross, Cathy S ^a   O'Connor, Gerald T ^a  

^a EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0036088485     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.137.4.428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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