Timing of reoperation for patients with severe peritonitis

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 923-924

  Dellinger, E Patchen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; NOTE; TIME;

HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONITIS; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548108387     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.8.923     Document Type: Editorial

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