Predictors of Outcome in Patients with Postoperative Intra-Abdominal Infection

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 619-625

  Grunau, Gabriele ^a   Heemken, Ralph ^a   Hau, Toni ^a  

^a Nordwest Krankenhaus Sanderbusch   (Germany)

Author keywords

APACHE II; Intra abdominal abscess; MPI; Postoperative peritonitis; Predictors of outcome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APACHE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029798842     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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