Can emergency general surgical referrals be reduced? A prospective study

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 381-382

  Bowrey, D J ^a,b   Wheeler, J M D ^a   Evans, R O N ^a   Fligelstone, L J ^a   Vellacott, K D ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Surgical Research Fellow   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency; Reduction in numbers; Surgical admissions

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; SURGEON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRIAGE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031470331     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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