Prediction of serious complications in patients admitted to a surgical ward

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 94-102

  Veltkamp, S C ^a   Kemmeren, J M ^a   Van Der Graaf, Y ^a   Edlinger, M ^a   Van Der Werken, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURGICAL WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0036135863     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01963.x     Document Type: Article

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