title: First hand: death around the time of hand surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: rmeals@ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Roy A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Meals
authors.forename: Terry R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Light
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000401:mortality*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality