Survivor treatment selection bias and outcomes research a case study of surgery in infective endocarditis

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 469-474

  Sy, Raymond W ^a,b   Bannon, Paul G ^b,c   Bayfield, Matthew S ^b,c   Brown, Chris ^a   Kritharides, Leonard ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Baird Surgical Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; Endocarditis; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL TIME; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77649247854     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.857938     Document Type: Article

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