Long-term survival of equine surgical colic cases. Part 2: Modelling postoperative survival

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 438-443

  Proudman, C J ^a   Smith, J E ^a   Edwards, G B ^a   French, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colic; Horse; Penalised cox regression; Random effects modelling; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE RESECTION; MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL TIME; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COLIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036635154     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776117881     Document Type: Article

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