Sepsis in general surgery: The 2005-2007 national surgical quality improvement program perspective

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 695-700

  Moore, Laura J ^a   Moore, Frederick A ^a   Todd, S Rob ^a   Jones, Stephen L ^a   Turner, Krista L ^a   Bass, Barbara L ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLECTOMY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PANCREATECTOMY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955045570     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.107     Document Type: Article

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