Monitoring the rate of re-exploration for excessive bleeding after cardiac surgery in adults

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 192-196

  Wolfe, Rory ^b   Bolsin, Stephen ^a,b   Colson, Mark ^a   Stow, Peter ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; APROTININ;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AUSTRALIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 34250831485     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.012435     Document Type: Article

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