Mortality after nonemergent major surgery performed on friday versus monday through wednesday

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 246, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 866-874

  Zare, Marc M ^a,b,e   Itani, Kamal M F ^a,b   Schifftner, Tracy L ^c   Henderson, William G ^c   Khuri, Shukri F ^a,d  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Surgical Service 112   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35648979469     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3180cc2e60     Document Type: Article

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