Concordance of interrater assessments of surgical methods to achieve source control of intra-abdominal infections

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-73

  Suding, Paul N ^a   Orrico, Russell P ^b   Johnson, Steven B ^c   Wilson, Samuel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Appendicitis; Concordance; Diverticulitis; Source control

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM; TIGECYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERFORATION; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL CAVITY; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; DECISION MAKING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DIVERTICULITIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE; PERITONITIS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 45349100876     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

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