SNAP-2 EPICCS: The second Sprint National Anaesthesia Project - EPIdemiology of Critical Care after Surgery: Protocol for an international observational cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Moonesinghe, S Ramani ^a   Wong, Danny J N ^a   Farmer, Laura ^a   Shawyer, Richard ^b   Myles, Paul S ^c   Harris, Steve K ^d,e  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS   (United Kingdom)

^b Monash University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anaesthetics; epiemiology; instrumental variable analysis; perioperative; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALASIA; CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85029025844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017690     Document Type: Article

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