A population-based study of anesthesia consultation before major noncardiac surgery

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 595-602

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

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation ^*  (Canada)

^d Public Health Sciences   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CANADA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63849180246     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.3     Document Type: Article

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