A simple novel model to predict hospital mortality, surgical site infection, and pneumonia in elderly patients undergoing operation

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 224-231

  Huang, Ting Shuo ^a   Hu, Fu Chang ^c   Fan, Chung Wei ^b   Lee, Chun Hui ^a   Jwo, Shyh Chuan ^a   Chen, Huang Yang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal surgery; Geriatric surgery; Morbidity; Mortality; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ABDOMEN; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 77953678556     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000274485     Document Type: Article

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