Impact of Hospital institutional volume on postoperative mortality after major emergency colorectal surgery in English National Health Service trusts, 2001 to 2005

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-401

  Faiz, Omar ^a   Brown, Tim ^b   Bottle, Alex ^c   Burns, Elaine M ^a   Darzi, Ara W ^d   Aylin, Paul ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DAISY HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Colorectal; Emergency surgery; Outcome; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIVERTICULOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PERITONITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 77951934384     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/dcr.0b013e3181cc6fd2     Document Type: Article

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