Acute abdomen calls for considerable care resources: Analysis of 3,727 in-patients in Stockholm County in the first quarter of 1995;Akut buksjukdom kräver stora vårdresurser: Analys av 3 727 inlagda patienter första kvartalet 1995 i Stockholms län

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Volumn 97, Issue 37, 2000, Pages 4008-4012

  Fenyö, György ^a   Boijsen, Magnus ^b   Enochsson, Lars ^a   Goldinger, Mikael ^c   Gröndal, Staffan ^d   Lundquist, Per ^d   Meldahl, Ingrid ^b   Nilsson, Magnus ^d   Wenger, Urs ^e  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Kirurgiska Kliniken   (Sweden)

^c Löwenströmska Sjukhuset   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NORRTÄLJE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034644351     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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