Postoperative Mortality and Pulmonary Complication Rankings
Medical CarePublished 1 August 2003
Ahsan M. Arozullah, William G. Henderson, Shukri F. Khuri, Jennifer Daley
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Examining pneumonia and respiratory failure outlier status with mortality outlierstatus enhances hospital outlier detection even in low‐volume hospitals.
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Pulmonary complication rankings correlate weakly with mortality overall, but have higher correlations in thoracic, vascular, and upper abdominal surgery. Examining pneumonia and respiratory failure outlier status with mortality outlier status enhances hospital outlier detection even in low-volume hospitals.
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