A quality improvement program in heart surgery. Four-year experience from the Ospedali Riuniti of Trieste;Un programma di miglioramento della qualità in cardiochirurgia. Quattro anni di esperienza agli Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste

Italian Heart Journal, Supplementi

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-127

  Zingone, Bartolo ^a   Dreas, Lorella ^a   Pappalardo, Aniello ^a   Benussi, Bernardo ^a   Forti, Gabriella ^a   Tognolli, Umberto ^a   Gabrielli, Marco ^a   Rauber, Elisabetta ^a   Bollini, Marina ^a   Poletti, Angela ^a   Campailla, Andrea ^a   Zanei, Paolo ^a   Sagrati, Gianfranco ^a   Mezgec, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Management in cardiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THORAX SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; THORACIC SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957137067     PISSN: 15903796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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