Decision making for relaparotomy in secondary peritonitis

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 339-346

  Van Ruler, O ^a   Lamme, B ^a   De Vos, R ^a   Obertop, H ^a   Reitsma, J B ^a   Boermeester, M A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Predictive value; Predictive variables; Relaparotomy; Secondary peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONITIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY INFECTION; SURGEON; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERITONITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 52649089715     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000158911     Document Type: Article

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