Impact of cardiac intraoperative precursor events on adverse outcomes

Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 715-722

  Wong, Daniel R ^a   Torchiana, David F ^b   Vander Salm, Thomas J ^c   Agnihotri, Arvind K ^b   Bohmer, Richard M J ^d   Ali, Imtiaz S ^a  

^a Maritime Heart Centre   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249802932     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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