Standardization of surgeon-controlled variables: Impact on outcome in patients with acute cholecystitis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-344

  Greenwald, Joshua A ^a   McMullen, Heather F ^a   Coppa, Gene F ^a   Newman, Richard M ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034052438     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200003000-00006     Document Type: Article

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