Perioperative mortality rates in lowincome and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Ng Kamstra, Joshua S ^a,b,c   Arya, Sumedha ^a   Greenberg, Sarah L M ^b,c,d   Kotagal, Meera ^b,c,e   Arsenault, Catherine ^f   Ljungman, David ^b,c,g   Yorlets, Rachel R ^c   Agarwal, Arnav ^a   Frankfurter, Claudia ^a   Nikouline, Anton ^a   Lai, Francis Yi Xing ^h   Palmqvist, Charlotta L ⁱ   Fu, Terence ^j   Mahmood, Tahrin ^a   Raju, Sneha ^a   Sharma, Sristi ^b,c,k   Marks, Isobel H ^b,c,l   Bowder, Alexis ^b,c,m   Pi, Lebei ⁿ   Meara, John G ^b,c   Shrime, Mark G ^b,o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^h SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION   (Australia)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^l IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^o MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

more..

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EID: 85052649462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000810     Document Type: Review

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