The burden of high-risk surgery and the potential benefit of goal-directed strategies

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Michard, Frederic ^a  

^a EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOAL DIRECTED STRATEGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEMODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 80054921705     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10473     Document Type: Letter

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