The association between peri-operative acute risk change (ARC) and long-term survival after cardiac surgery

Anaesthesia

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1467-1475

  Coulson, T G ^a   Bailey, M ^a   Reid, C M ^a,b   Tran, L ^a   Mullany, D V ^c   Smith, J A ^a   Pilcher, D ^a,d,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ANZICS Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation   (Australia)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; outcomes; patient care; quality measures; survival

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; CASE STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RISK; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85023613729     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13967     Document Type: Article

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