Hospital morbidity rankings and complication severity in vascular surgery

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 158-164

  Girotti, Micah E ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^b   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84871620422     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.06.099     Document Type: Article

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