Severity scores in surgery: What for and who needs them?

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-62

  Galland, R B ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Scoring systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0036931354     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-001-0272-8     Document Type: Article

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