The use of Lee and co-workers' index to assist a risk adjusted audit of perioperative cardiac outcome

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-173

  Moran, P J ^a   Ghidella, T ^a,b   Power, G ^a   Jenkins, A S ^a,c   Whittle, D ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Logan Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Perioperative cardiac outcome; Perioperative cardiac risk; Perioperative myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HEART INDEX; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEE AND CO-WORKER INDEX; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 41349120239     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0803600205     Document Type: Article

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