Impact of Cardiothoracic Resident Turnover on Mortality After Cardiac Surgery: A Dynamic Human Factor

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-131

  Shuhaiber, Jeffrey H ^a   Goldsmith, Kimberley ^a   Nashef, Samer A M ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 47049111161     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.03.041     Document Type: Article

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