The contribution of the anaesthetist to risk-adjusted mortality after cardiac surgery

Anaesthesia

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 138-146

  Papachristofi, O ^a   Sharples, L D ^b   Mackay, J H ^c   Nashef, S A M ^c   Fletcher, S N ^d   Klein, A A ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Society of Cardiothoracic Surg   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EUROSCORE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT RISK; SURGEON; SURGERY; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84954075749     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13291     Document Type: Article

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