Small bowel obstruction: Outcome and cost implications of admitting service

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 687-691

  Oyasiji, Tolutope ^a   Angelo, Steve ^a   Kyriakides, Tassos C ^a   Helton, Scott W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78651380837     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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