Risk factors for increased in-hospital mortality: A cohort study among cardiac surgery patients

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-33

  Giakoumidakis, Konstantinos ^a   Baltopoulos, George I ^b   Charitos, Christos ^a   Patelarou, Evridiki ^c   Fotos, Nikolaos V ^b   Brokalaki Pananoudaki, Hero ^b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hospital mortality; Intensive care units; Risk factors; Staff workload

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NURSING; NURSING ACTIVITIES SCORE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD; GREECE; HEART DISEASE; NURSING DISCIPLINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 84862692194     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: 18731953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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