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Mediation of smoking-associated postoperative mortality by perioperative complications in veterans undergoing elective surgery: data from Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP)—a cohort study

OBJECTIVE: To assess the mediation of smoking-associated postoperative mortality by postoperative complications. DESIGN: Observational cohort study. SETTING: Using data from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Surgical Quality Improvement Programme, a quality assurance programme for major surgical procedures...

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Autores principales: Singh, Jasvinder A, Hawn, Mary, Campagna, Elizabeth J, Henderson, William G, Richman, Joshua, Houston, Thomas K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3641431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23604347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002157