How valid is the AHRQ patient safety indicator "postoperative respiratory failure"?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 935-945

  Borzecki, Ann M ^a,b,c   Kaafarani, Haytham M A ^d   Utter, Garth H ^g   Romano, Patrick S ^g,h   Shin, Marlena H ^e   Chen, Qi ^b,e   Itani, Kamal M F ^c,e,f   Rosen, Amy K ^b,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; CLINICAL CODING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957618788     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.09.034     Document Type: Article

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