Avoidable deaths still occur after large bowel surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-83

  Macarthur, D C ^a   Nixon, S J ^b   Aitken, R J ^a  

^a Eastern General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; LARGE INTESTINE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC DISEASES; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SCOTLAND; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0031963240     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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