Intensive care after elective surgery: A survey on 30-day postoperative mortality and morbidity

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 459-468

  Cavaliere, F ^a   Conti, G ^a   Costa, R ^a   Masieri, S ^b   Antonelli, M ^a   Proietti, R ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intensive Care Units; Morbidity; Mortality; Risk reduction behavior

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049105269     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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