ASA class is a reliable independent predictor of medical complications and mortality following surgery

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 184-190

  Hackett, Nicholas J ^a   De Oliveira, Gildasio S ^a   Jain, Umang K ^a   Kim, John Y S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASA PS; NSQIP; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PHYSICAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMA; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX SURGERY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930449116     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.04.079     Document Type: Article

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