Pancreatic debridement in a district general hospital - Viable or vulnerable?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 309-313

  Catto, J W F ^a   Alexander, D J ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

District general hospitals; Economics of surgery; Pancreatic debridement

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG COST; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDLINE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATITIS; PANCREATOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 0036741196     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588402760452394     Document Type: Article

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