Plastic surgeon compliance with national safety initiatives: Clinical outcomes and "never events"

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 653-656

  Murphy Jr , Robert X ^a   Peterson, Emily A ^a   Adkinson, Joshua M ^a   Reed, James F ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77955369711     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181de1929     Document Type: Article

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