Epidural anaesthesia and survival after intermediate-to-high risk non-cardiac surgery: a population-based cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9638, 2008, Pages 562-569

  Wijeysundera, Duminda N ^a,b   Beattie, W Scott ^a   Austin, Peter C ^a,b   Hux, Janet E ^a,b,c   Laupacis, Andreas ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 49149106618     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61121-6     Document Type: Article

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