The association of nurse-to-patient ratio with mortality and preventable complications following aortic valve replacement

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-148

  Arkin, Nicole ^a   Lee, Peter H U ^a   McDonald, Kathryn ^b   Hernandez Boussard, Tina ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895528825     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12284     Document Type: Article

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