Intensive Care Unit Utilization and Outcome After Esophagectomy

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 440-446

  Iscimen, Remzi ^a,b   Brown, Daniel R ^b   Cassivi, Stephen D ^b   Keegan, Mark T ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

APACHE; esophagectomy; intensive care unit; perioperative; postoperative outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; APACHE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952584296     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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