Analyzing "failure to rescue": Is this an opportunity for outcome improvement in cardiac surgery?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1976-1981

  Reddy, Haritha G ^a   Shih, Terry ^a   Englesbe, Michael J ^b   Shannon, Francis L ^c   Theurer, Patricia F ^d   Herbert, Morley A ^e   Paone, Gaetano ^f   Bell, Gail F ^d   Prager, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative   (United States)

^e Southwest Data Consultants   (United States)

^f HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878220701     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.03.027     Document Type: Article

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