Invited commentary

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1991-1992

  Berrizbeitia, Luis D ^a  

^a University Medical Center at Princeton   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; NOTE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 36248989189     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.08.066     Document Type: Note

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