The impact of postoperative intensive care on outcomes in elective neurosurgical patients in good physical condition: A single centre propensity case-matched study

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1089-1094

  Terada, Yuki ^a   Inoue, Satoki ^a   Tanaka, Yu ^a   Kawaguchi, Masahiko ^a   Hirai, Katsuji ^a   Furuya, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952276735     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-010-9393-2     Document Type: Article

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