Adrenalectomy in Veterans Affairs and Selected University Medical Centers: Results of the Patient Safety in Surgery Study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1273-1283

  Turrentine, Florence E ^a   Henderson, William G ^b   Khuri, Shukri F ^c,d,e   Schifftner, Tracy L ^f   Inabnet III, William B ^g   El Tamer, Mahmoud ^g   Northup, C Joseph ^a   Simpson, Virginia B ^a   Neumayer, Leigh ^h,i   Hanks, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADRENALECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249285158     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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