Direct comparison of risk-adjusted and non-risk-adjusted CUSUM analyses of coronary artery bypass surgery outcomes

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 386-391

  Novick, Richard J ^a   Fox, Stephanie A ^a   Stitt, Larry W ^a   Forbes, Thomas L ^a   Steiner, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDIASTINITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 33746228338     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.02.053     Document Type: Article

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