Failure-to-rescue rate as a measure of quality of care in a cardiac surgery recovery unit: A five-year study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-152

  Ahmed, Elnazeer O ^a,b   Butler, Ron ^b   Novick, Richard J ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FAILURE TO RESCUE RATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTICEMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STERNAL DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84891625371     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.097     Document Type: Article

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