Postoperative complications in obese and nonobese patients

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 556-560

  Bamgbade, Olumuyiwa A ^a   Rutter, Timothy W ^a   Nafiu, Olubukola O ^a   Dorje, Pema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PATIENT CODING; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33847617564     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-006-0305-0     Document Type: Article

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