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Global patient outcomes after elective surgery: Prospective cohort study in 27 low-, middle- and high-income countries
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Background: As global initiatives increase patient access to surgical treatments, there remains a need to understand the adverse effects of surgery and define appropriate levels of perioperative care.
Methods: We designed a prospective international 7-day cohort study of outcomes following elective adult inpatient surgery in 27 countries. The primary outcome was in-hospital complications. Secondary outcomes were death following a complication (failu...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Queen Mary University of London
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National Institute for Health Research
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Nestle Health Sciences
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- British Journal of Anaesthesia Journal website
- Volume:
- 117
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 601-609
- Publication date:
- 2016-08-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-10-31
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-6771
- ISSN:
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0007-0912
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pubs:738033
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- Local pid:
- pubs:738033
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738033
- Deposit date:
- 2017-11-03
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- Copyright holder:
- International Surgical Outcomes Study Group
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Journal of Anaesthesia. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License.
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