Impact of hospital volume on clinical outcomes of endoscopic biliary drainage for acute cholangitis based on the Japanese administrative database associated with the diagnosis procedure combination system

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1090-1096

  Murata, Atsuhiko ^a   Matsuda, Shinya ^a   Kuwabara, Kazuaki ^b   Fujino, Yoshihisa ^a   Kubo, Tatsuhiko ^a   Fujimori, Kenji ^c   Horiguchi, Hiromasa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute cholangitis; Administrative database; Clinical outcomes; Endoscopic biliary drainage; Hospital volume

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CHOLANGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGITIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78249245689     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-010-0257-x     Document Type: Article

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