External validation of prognostic models among cancer patients undergoing emergency colorectal surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-441

  Ertan, Tamer ^a   Yoldas, Omer ^a   Kilic, Yusuf Alper ^b   Kilic, Mehmet ^a   Göcmen, Erdal ^a   Koc, Mahmut ^a   Tez, Mesut ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Scoring systems; Surgical mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER PATIENT; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40949122378     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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