Predicting perioperative risk and informed consent

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e40-e41

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Lustik, Stewart J ^b   Hannan, Edward L ^c   Osler, Turner M ^d   Mukamel, Dana B ^e   Qian, Feng ^c   Dick, Andrew W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84926640189     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000575     Document Type: Letter

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