Hospital variation in mortality from cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery: An opportunity for improvement?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 534-540

  Lapar, Damien J ^a   Ghanta, Ravi K ^a   Kern, John A ^a   Crosby, Ivan K ^a   Rich, Jeffrey B ^c   Speir, Alan M ^b   Kron, Irving L ^a   Ailawadi, Gorav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Sentera Heart Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAILURE TO RESCUE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84905568272     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.030     Document Type: Article

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