Multicentric analysis of performance after major lung resections by using the European Society Objective Score (ESOS)

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 284-288

  Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Varela, Gonzalo ^b   Van Schil, Paul ^c   Salati, Michele ^a   Novoa, Nuria ^b   Hendriks, Jeroen M ^c   Jimenez, Marcelo F ^b   Lauwers, Patrick ^c  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Comparative audit; Lung cancer; Lung resection; Mortality; Quality of care; Risk model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EUROPEAN SOCIETY OBJECTIVE SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 38349053835     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.10.027     Document Type: Article

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