Outcomes of appendicectomy in an acute care surgery model

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 281-284

  Gandy, Robert C ^a   Truskett, Phillip G ^a   Wong, Shing W ^a   Smith, Sanchia ^a   Bennett, Michael H ^a   Parasyn, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; AUSTRALIA; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77957657137     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03908.x     Document Type: Article

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