Clinical and economic outcomes of hospital acquired pneumonia in intra-abdominal surgery patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 547-552

  Thompson, David A ^a   Makary, Martin A ^a,b   Dorman, Todd ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROSTOMY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLOSTOMY; CROSS INFECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645462424     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000207097.38963.3b     Document Type: Article

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