Closing the audit loop is necessary to achieve compliance with evidence-based guidelines in the management of acute pancreatitis

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1275, 2008, Pages

  Connor, Saxon J ^a   Lienert, Andrew R ^a   Brown, Lisa A ^a   Bagshaw, Philip F ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PANCREATITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 45749100461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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