National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) risk factors can be used to validate American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification (ASA PS) levels

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 636-641

  Davenport, Daniel L ^a   Bowe, Edwin A ^a   Henderson, William G ^b   Khuri, Shukri F ^c   Mentzer Jr , Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c National Surgical Quality Improvement Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMA; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HYPERTENSION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL ERROR; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; TRAUMATOLOGY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; STANDARD; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748093549     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000216508.95556.cc     Document Type: Article

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