Systematic classification of morbidity and mortality after thoracic surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 936-942

  Seely, Andrew J E ^a,b   Ivanovic, Jelena ^b   Threader, Jennifer ^a   Al Hussaini, Ahmed ^a   Al Shehab, Derar ^a   Ramsay, Tim ^b   Gilbert, Sebastian ^a   Maziak, Donna E ^a,b   Shamji, Farid M ^a   Sundaresan, R Sudhir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; DEATH; DELIRIUM; EMPHYSEMA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIATUS HERNIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; JEJUNUM ULCER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEER REVIEW; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX SURGERY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; WOUND INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956160968     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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