Surgical Care Improvement Project measure for postoperative glucose control should not be used as a measure of quality after cardiac surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1041-1048

  LaPar, Damien J ^a   Isbell, James M ^a   Kern, John A ^a   Ailawadi, Gorav ^a   Kron, Irving L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84894100751     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.11.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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