Expansion of the surgical apgar score across all surgical subspecialties as a means to predict postoperative mortality

Anesthesiology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1305-1312

  Reynolds, Paul Q ^a   Sanders, Neal W ^a   Schildcrout, Jonathan S ^a   Mercaldo, Nathaniel D ^a   St Jacques, Paul J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APGAR SCORE; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 85027936848     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318219d734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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