Identification of patients with postoperative complications who are at risk for failure to rescue

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1103-1108

  Ferraris, Victor A ^a,b   Bolanos, Michael ^a   Martin, Jeremiah T ^a   Mahan, Angela ^a   Saha, Sibu P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RESIDENT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84908034832     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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