Failure to rescue as a source of variation in hospital mortality after hepatic surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 836-846

  Spolverato, G ^a   Ejaz, A ^a   Hyder, O ^a   Kim, Y ^a   Pawlik, T M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER RESECTION; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 84900493224     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9492     Document Type: Article

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