Report From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database Workforce: Clarifying the Definition of Operative Mortality

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-12

  Overman, David M ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^b   Prager, Richard L ^c   Wright, Cameron D ^d   Clarke, David R ^e   Pasquali, Sara K ^f   O'Brien, Sean M ^f   Dokholyan, Rachel S ^f   Meehan, Paul ^f   McDonald, Donna E ^g   Jacobs, Marshall L ^h   Mavroudis, Constantine ^b   Shahian, David M ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Society of Thoracic Surgeons   (United States)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac disease; congenital heart disease; database; mortality; outcomes analysis; quality improvement; thoracic disease

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATABASE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES ANALYSIS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; THORACIC DISEASE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THORACIC SURGERY; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG RESECTION; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 84875204151     PISSN: 21501351     EISSN: 21500136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150135112461924     Document Type: Article

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