Standardized combined outcome index as an instrument for monitoring performance after pulmonary resection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 272-277

  Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Refai, Majed ^a   Salati, Michele ^a   Pompili, Cecilia ^a   Sabbatini, Armando ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959807004     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.038     Document Type: Article

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