APACHE II scoring for the prediction of immediate surgical complications in head and neck cancer patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1751-1758

  Grant, Chris A ^a,b   Dempsey, Ged A ^a   Lowe, Derek ^a   Brown, James S ^a   Vaughan, E David ^a   Rogers, Simon N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; APACHE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APACHE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247345418     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000259038.36210.f8     Document Type: Article

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