Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5596865 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
In an era of low mortality rates across a wide range of operations, non-procedure-based risk factors form a vital element of risk adjustment and their presence leads to wide variations in the predicted risk of a given operation.
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Authors
Katherine L. MPH, MD, Libby MMath, David J. FRCS, MD, Victor MS, FRCS, David MD, Shane MBChB, MSc, Thomas RN, John BS, Sonya PhD, Kate MRCP, MBChB, Rodney C. MD, FRCP, Christina PhD,