Validation of the surgical apgar score in a neurosurgical patient population ; Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 270-279

  Ziewacz, John E ^a   Davis, Matthew C ^a   Lau, Darryl ^a   El Sayed, Abd Ulrahman M ^b   Regenbogen, Scott E ^a   Sullivan, Step Hen E ^a   Mashour, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Diagnostic and operative techniques; Neurosurgical complications; Neurosurgical outcomes; Spine surgery; Surgical apgar score

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEMOGLOBIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN SURGERY; CRANIOTOMY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APGAR SCORE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873615034     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.10.JNS12436     Document Type: Article

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