The occurrence of intra-operative hypotension varies between hospitals: Observational analysis of more than 147,000 anaesthesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 995-1005

  TaffE P ^a   Sicard, N ^a,b   Pittet, V ^a   Pichard, S ^a   Burnand, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849127995     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02032.x     Document Type: Article

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