How valid is the AHRQ patient safety indicator "postoperative physiologic and metabolic derangement"?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Borzecki, Ann M ^a,b,c   Cevasco, Marisa ^d,e   Chen, Qi ^d   Shin, Marlena ^d   Itani, Kamal M F ^c,d,f   Rosen, Amy K ^b,d  

^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 VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS; DIALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PHYSIOLOGIC AND METABOLIC DERANGEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRUE POSITIVE;

EID: 79957621518     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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