Postoperative stay following colorectal surgery: A study of factors associated with prolonged hospital stay

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-114

  Reddy, K Marcus ^a   Meyer, C E R ^b   Palazzo, F F ^c   Conaghan, P ^d   Blunt, M C ^c   Stebbings, W S L ^c   Leicester, R J ^a   Cullen, P T ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal; Hospital costs; Postoperative stay; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STOMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WOUND INFECTION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLONIC DISEASES; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0344837286     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403321219894     Document Type: Article

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