A frailty index identifies patients at high risk of mortality after tracheostomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 568-573

  Johnson, Matthew S ^a   Bailey, Travis L ^a   Schmid, Kendra K ^a   Lydiatt, William M ^a   Johanning, Jason M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

frailty; mortality; risk calculator; tracheostomy; VASQIP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MODIFIED FRAILTY INDEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

FRAILTY; MORTALITY; RISK CALCULATOR; TRACHEOSTOMY; VASQIP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84899104084     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813519749     Document Type: Conference Paper

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