The effect of center volume on the incidence of postoperative complications and their impact on survival after lung transplantation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1502-1509

  Kilic, Arman ^a   George, Timothy J ^a   Beaty, Claude A ^a   Merlo, Christian A ^b   Conte, John V ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869082646     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.047     Document Type: Article

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