An Apgar Score for Surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-208

  Gawande, Atul A ^a,b   Kwaan, Mary R ^a,b   Regenbogen, Scott E ^a,c   Lipsitz, Stuart A ^b   Zinner, Michael J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33846333921     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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