Does the trainee's level of experience impact on patient safety and clinical outcomes in coronary artery bypass surgery?

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Guo, L Ray ^a   Chu, Michael W A ^a   Tong, Michael Z Y ^a   Fox, Stephanie ^a   Myers, M Lee ^a   Kiaii, Bob ^a   Quantz, MacKenzie ^a   McKenzie, F Neil ^a   Novick, Richard J ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ABORTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTANTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 39649117350     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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