The 30-day versus in-hospital and 90-day mortality after esophagectomy as indicators for quality of care

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 267-273

  Talsma, A Koen ^a   Lingsma, Hester F ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   Wijnhoven, Bas P L ^a   Van Lanschot, J Jan B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

30 day mortality; 90 day mortality; Causes of death; Esophageal cancer surgery; In hospital mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAY HOSPITAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84905497710     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000482     Document Type: Article

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