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Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management Volume 4, 2008 - Issue 4
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Original Research

Postoperative mortality after inpatient surgery: Incidence and risk factors

Karamarie Fecho1 Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Anne T Lunney1 Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
,
Philip G Boysen1 Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
,
Peter Rock2 Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
&
Edward A Norfleet1 Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Pages 681-688 | Published online: 08 Aug 2008

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