Clinical and organizational content of clinical pathways for digestive surgery: A systematic review

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-99

  Lemmens, L ^a,d   Van Zelm, R ^b   Borel Rinkes, I ^a   Van Hillegersberg, R ^a   Kerkkamp, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Q Consult   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digestive surgery, clinical pathways; Digestive tract surgery, outcome; Gastrointestinal cancer

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; IBUPROFEN; INFUSION FLUID; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PARECOXIB; VALDECOXIB;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BREATHING EXERCISE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CINAHL; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DIETITIAN; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMBASE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FLUID THERAPY; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILEOANAL ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER SURGERY; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDLINE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM SURGERY; REVIEW; SIGMOIDECTOMY; STOMA; STOMACH SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60949113526     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000206142     Document Type: Review

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