Index by author
November 01, 1993; Volume 60,Issue 6
Kay, Marsha
- You have accessAssociated ulcerative colitis, sclerosing cholangitis, and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitusMarsha Kay, MD, Robert Wyllie, MD, William Michener, MD, Maureen Caulfield, MD and Rita Steffen, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 1993, 60 (6) 473-478;
Kay, Robert
- You have accessMortality of patients transferred to a tertiary care hospitalJohn D. Clough, MD, Robert Kay, MD, William R. Gombeski, MPH, MBA, Daniel E. Nickelson, MA and Floyd D. Loop, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 1993, 60 (6) 449-454;
A look at the effect of transfers on patient outcome and on hospital mortality statistics, and how superficial review of these statistics could lead to mistaken conclusions about the quality of hospitals to which patients are transferred.
Keys, Thomas F.
- You have accessEarly-onset prosthetic valve endocarditisThomas F. Keys, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 1993, 60 (6) 455-459;
Despite advances in surgical expertise and antibiotic prophylaxis, this complication occurs in about 1% of patients with implanted heart valves, with a mortality of 30% to 50%.