An analysis of deaths related to urological surgery, reviewed by the State Coroner: A case for cardiac vigilance before transurethral prostatectomy

BJU International

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 758-761

  Gyomber, Dennis ^a,b   Lawrentschuk, Nathan ^a,b   Ranson, David L ^b   Bolton, Damien M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mandatory reporting; Mortality; Myocardial ischaemia; Transurethral resection of the prostate; Urology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATIC DISEASES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33644909611     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06039.x     Document Type: Review

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