Chapter Overview

Mortality was assessed between 30 days and 1 year for short term and greater than 1 year for long term (11,14,17). Specific causes of death were coded by a nosologist with ICD 10 codes J00-J99 (ICD 9 460-496) for respiratory and ICD 10 codes L10-179 (ICD 9 401-448) for cardiovascular causes, respectively. ................
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