Opportunity missed: Medical consultation, resource use, and quality of care of patients undergoing major surgery

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2338-2344

  Auerbach, Andrew D ^a   Rasic, Mladen A ^b   Sehgal, Neil ^a   Ide, Brigid ^c   Stone, Betsy ^d   Maselli, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Santa Cruz Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; VASCULAR DISEASE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 36549083329     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.21.2338     Document Type: Article

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