Predicting postoperative morbidity by clinical assessment

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-106

  Markus, P M ^a   Martell, J ^a   Leister, I ^a   Horstmann, O ^a   Brinker, J ^a   Becker, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CALCULATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGICAL AND OPERATIVE SEVERITY SCORE FOR THE ENUMERATION OF MORTALITY AND MORBIDY; PORTSMOUTH PREDICTOR EQUATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 12444281752     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4608     Document Type: Article

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