@article{51a28ec7b5c141aba356e2f6f988ff98,
title = "Mortality after surgery in Europe: a 7 day cohort study",
abstract = "Clinical outcomes after major surgery are poorly described at the national level. Evidence of heterogeneity between hospitals and health-care systems suggests potential to improve care for patients but this potential remains unconfirmed. The European Surgical Outcomes Study was an international study designed to assess outcomes after non-cardiac surgery in Europe.",
keywords = "Adult, Aged, Cohort Studies, Critical Care, Europe, Female, Hospital Mortality, Hospitalization, Humans, Length of Stay, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Care, Surgical Procedures, Operative, Treatment Outcome",
author = "Pearse, {Rupert M} and Moreno, {Rui P} and Peter Bauer and Paolo Pelosi and Philipp Metnitz and Claudia Spies and Benoit Vallet and Jean-Louis Vincent and Andreas Hoeft and Andrew Rhodes and {European Surgical Outcomes Study (EuSOS) group for the Trials groups of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the European Society of Anaesthesiology} and Morten Bestle and Line Stendell and Arash Afshari",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61148-9",
language = "English",
volume = "380",
pages = "1059--65",
journal = "Lancet",
issn = "0140-6736",
publisher = "The/Lancet Publishing Group",
number = "9847",
}