Revised cardiac risk index and postoperative morbidity after elective orthopaedic surgery: A prospective cohort study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 744-752

  Ackland, G L ^a,b,c   Harris, S ^b   Ziabari, Y ^b   Grocott, M ^c   Mythen, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment, preanaesthetic; complications, morbidity; surgery, non cardiac; surgery, orthopaedic

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KNEE SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVISED CARDIAC RISK INDEX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 78649493427     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq245     Document Type: Article

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