Survival after postoperative morbidity: a longitudinal observational cohort study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 977-984

  Moonesinghe, S R ^a,b   Harris, S ^a,c   Mythen, M G ^a   Rowan, K M ^d   Haddad, F S ^a,e   Emberton, M ^a,e   Grocott, M P W ^a,b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complications; complications, morbidity; complications, neurological; surgery, non cardiac

Indexed keywords

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURE MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84924996946     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu224     Document Type: Article

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