Outcomes of gynecologic oncology patients admitted to the intensive care unit following surgery: A university teaching hospital experience

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1766-1769

  Leath III, C A ^a   Kendrick IV, J E ^b   Numnum, T M ^b   Straughn Jr , J M ^b   Rocconi, R P ^b   Sfakianos, G P ^b   Lang Jr , J D ^c  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

APACHE II; Critical care; Gynecological cancer; Outcomes; Surgical patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749143631     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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