Modeling Perioperative Risk: Can Numbers Speak Louder Than Words?

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 427-459

  Holt, Natalie F ^a   Silverman, David G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CODING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANESTHESIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTUBATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33748922818     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atc.2006.05.007     Document Type: Review

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