Predicting postoperative morbidity: In what procedures and what patients?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1297-

  Kehlet, Henrik ^a   Jørgensen, Christoffer C ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84899120458     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000214     Document Type: Letter

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