The morbidity of Clostridium difficile infection after elective colonic resection-results from a national population database

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-148

  Lesperance, Kelly ^a   Causey, Marlin Wayne ^a   Spencer, Michael ^a   Steele, Scott Russell ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Clostridium difficile; Colitis; Gastrointestinal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CECECTOMY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROHN DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONWIDE INPATIENT SAMPLE; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SIGMOIDECTOMY; TISSUE ADHESION; TOTAL COLON RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VOLVULUS; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLECTOMY; COLITIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251482752     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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