Surgical outcome measurement for a global patient population: Validation of the Surgical Apgar Score in 8 countries

Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 519-524

  Haynes, Alex B ^a,b   Regenbogen, Scott E ^a,b   Weiser, Thomas G ^a,c   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^c   Dziekan, Gerald ^d   Berry, William R ^a,c   Gawande, Atul A ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APGAR SCORE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952709319     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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