Iatrogenic adverse events in the coronary care unit

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 437-442

  Rahim, Sherali A ^a   Mody, Anita ^a   Pickering, Jennifer ^b   Devereaux, P J ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

A outcome assessment; Iatrogenic disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT THROMBOSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ADULT; BLEEDING; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949496605     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.108.846493     Document Type: Article

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