Protocol for bedside laparotomy in trauma and emergency general surgery: A low return to the operating room

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 986-991

  Diaz Jr , Jose J ^a   Mejia, Vicente ^a   Subhawong, Andrea Proctor ^a   Subhawong, Ty ^a   Miller, Richard S ^a   O'Neill, Patrick J ^b   Morris Jr , John A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ABDOMINAL INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644800379     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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