Readmissions after cardiac surgery: Experience of the national institutes of health/canadian institutes of health research cardiothoracic surgical trials network

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1274-1280

  Iribarne, Alexander ^a   Chang, Helena ^b   Alexander, John H ^a   Gillinov, A Marc ^c   Moquete, Ellen ^b   Puskas, John D ^b   Bagiella, Emilia ^b   Acker, Michael A ^m   Mayer, Mary Lou ^d   Ferguson, T Bruce ^e   Burks, Sandra ^f   Perrault, Louis P ^g   Welsh, Stacey ^a   Johnston, Karen C ^f   Murphy, Mandy ^h   Derose, Joseph J ⁱ   Neill, Alexis ^j   Dobrev, Edlira ^b   Baio, Kim T ^j   Taddei Peters, Wendy ^k   Moskowitz, Alan J ^b   O'Gara, Patrick T ^l   more..

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^g MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHEST INFECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INGUINAL REGION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908079539     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.059     Document Type: Article

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