Spine adverse events severity system: Content validation and interobserver reliability assessment

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 790-795

  Rampersaud, Yoga Raja ^a   Neary, Mary Ann ^b   White, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Content validation; Interobserver reliability; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE ADVERSE EVENTS SEVERITY SYSTEM; SPINE SURGERY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE;

EID: 77951699350     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bf25a3     Document Type: Article

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