Postoperative complications in the first 24 hours: A general surgery audit

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 633-640

  Zeitz, Kathryn ^a   McCutcheon, Helen ^b   Albrecht, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications; Nursing; Postoperative; Record audit; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL WARD; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942568435     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03054.x     Document Type: Article

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