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The use of the Thoracic Morbidity and Mortality system for the internal analysis of performance: a case-matched temporal audit
Author(s) -
Michele Salati,
Cecilia Pompili,
M. Refai,
Francesco Xiumè,
A. Sabbatini,
Alessandro Brunelli
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezt500
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonectomy , incidence (geometry) , cardiothoracic surgery , confounding , complication , intensive care unit , propensity score matching , mortality rate , audit , cardiac surgery , surgery , lung , economics , physics , management , optics
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the usefulness of the Thoracic Morbidity and Mortality (TMM) scoring system in auditing the quality of care of our unit.

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