Readmission after lung cancer resection is associated with a 6-fold increase in 90-day postoperative mortality

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2261-2267.e1

  Hu, Yinin ^a   McMurry, Timothy L ^a   Isbell, James M ^a   Stukenborg, George J ^a   Kozower, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POPULATION DENSITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911008039     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.04.026     Document Type: Article

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