Surgeon Involvement in the Care of Patients Deemed to Have "Preventable" Conditions

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 707-711

  Ricciardi, Rocco ^a   Baxter, Nancy N ^b   Read, Thomas E ^a   Marcello, Peter W ^a   Schoetz, David J ^a   Roberts, Patricia L ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CATHETER INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CALIFORNIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COHORT STUDIES; EMBOLISM, AIR; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEW YORK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 70649115456     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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