Death in low-risk cardiac surgery: The failure to achieve a satisfactory cardiac outcome (FIASCO) study

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 623-625

  Freed, Darren H ^a   Drain, Andrew J ^a   Kitcat, Jago ^a   Jones, Mark T ^b   Nashef, Samer A M ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perioperative care; Risk analysis modeling; Statistics; Surgery complications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL ERRORS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349469824     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.208371     Document Type: Article

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