Postoperative pulmonary complications: Experience with an outpatient preoperative assessment program

Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 505-510

  Jaffer, Amir K ^a   Brotman, Daniel J ^a   Sridharan, Sudhakar T ^a   Litaker, David G ^a   Michota, Franklin A ^a   Frost, Shaun D ^a   Girgis, Joseph A ^a   Pioro, Matilde H ^a   Correia, Natalie G ^a   Widmann, Howard J ^a   Kippes, Chris ^a   Stoller, James K ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INDEX; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28644443130     PISSN: 10796533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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