The development of a postoperative morbidity score to assess total morbidity burden after cardiac surgery

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-433

  Sanders, Julie ^a   Keogh, Bruce E ^b   Van Der Meulen, Jan ^c   Browne, John P ^d   Treasure, Tom ^e   Mythen, Michael G ^e   Montgomery, Hugh E ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C POMS, Surgical outcome; Cardiac morbidity; Cardiac surgery; Morbidity score; Postoperative morbidity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARDIAC POSTOPERATIVE MORBIDITY SCORE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OLIGURIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84857586263     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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