TIPS in Florida: Is Its Application a Result of Evidence-Based Medicine?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 794-801

  Rosemurgy, Alexander S ^a   Molloy, Daniel L ^a   Thometz, Donald P ^a   Villadolid, Desiree V ^a   Cowgill, Sarah M ^a   Zervos, Emmanuel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTASYSTEMIC STENT SHUNT; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247525857     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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