What factors affect mortality after surgery?

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9847, 2012, Pages 1034-1036

  Vonlanthen, René ^a   Clavien, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CANADA; CYPRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROMANIA; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84866523025     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61417-2     Document Type: Note

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