Thirty-day postoperative death rate at an academic medical center

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 235, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 690-698

  Calland, J Forrest ^a   Adams, Reid B ^a   Benjamin, Daniel K ^b   O'Connor, Matthew J ^a   Chandrasekhara, Vinay ^a   Guerlain, Stephanie ^c   Jones, Rayford Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036237755     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200205000-00011     Document Type: Article

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