Preoperative and Intraoperative Risk Factors Associated With 30-Day Morbidity Following Urological Surgery: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2179-2186

  McLaughlin, Julie C ^a   Sarma, Aruna V ^a,b   Wallner, Lauren P ^a   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Campbell, Darrell A ^b   Montie, James E ^a   Wei, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

morbidity; operative; outcome assessment (health care); risk; surgical procedures; urology

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORBIDITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TRAINING; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33750291863     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.07.039     Document Type: Article

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