A 25-year study of emergency surgical admissions

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 273-277

  Campbell, W Bruce ^a   Lee, E J K ^a   Van de Sijpe, K ^a   Gooding, J ^a   Cooper, M J ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Emergency surgical admissions; Trends

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONSTIPATION; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GALLSTONE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PILONIDAL SINUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SKIN ABSCESS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TIME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0036077093     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588402320439739     Document Type: Article

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