The "july Effect" does not have clinical relevance in liver transplantation

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 669-679

  Karipineni, Farah ^a   Panchal, Hinaben ^b   Khanmoradi, Kamran ^a   Parsikhia, Afshin ^a   Ortiz, Jorge ^a  

^a Albert Einstein Hospital   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

errors; house staff; July; survival; transplant

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ERRORS; HOUSE STAFF; JULY; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMS-BASED PRACTICE; TRANSPLANT;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84884163007     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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