Identification of specific quality improvement opportunities for the elderly undergoing gastrointestinal surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1013-1020

  Bentrem, David J ^a   Cohen, Mark E ^b   Hynes, Denise M ^c,d,e   Ko, Clifford Y ^b,f   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 72749107716     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.114     Document Type: Article

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