Cumulative risk adjusted monitoring of 30-day mortality after cardiothoracic transplantation: UK experience

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1022-1029

  Rogers, Chris A ^a   Ganesh, J Saravana ^a   Banner, Nicholas R ^a   Bonser, Robert S ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case mix; CUSUM; Monitoring; Risk adjustment; SPRT; VLAD

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EXPERIENCE; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 19344373712     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.02.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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