Postoperative 30-day mortality following surgical resection for colorectal cancer in veterans: Changes in the right direction

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1722-1728

  Davila, Jessica A ^a   Rabeneck, Linda ^b   Berger, David H ^a   El Serag, Hashem B ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Postoperative mortality; Surgical complications; VA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 23944457687     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2925-x     Document Type: Article

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