National analysis of adverse patient safety events in bariatric surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 406-413

  Poulose, Benjamin K ^a,b   Griffin, Marie R ^a   Zhu, Yuwei ^a   Smalley, Walter ^a   Richards, William O ^a   Wright, J Kelly ^a   Melvin, Willie ^a   Holzman, Michael D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACERATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUNCTURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARIATRICS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22344445688     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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