One year follow-up of patients discharged from the emergency department with non-specific abdominal pai;Afdrif sjúklinga meo óútskýroa kvioverki á bráoamóttöku

Laeknabladid

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-236

  Gunnarsson, Ómar Sigurvin ^a,b   Birgisson, Guojón ^b   Oddsdóttir, Margrét ^a,b   Guobjartsson, Tómas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Skurolækningasvioi Landspítala   (Iceland)

^c Skurolækningasvio Landspítala ^*  (Iceland)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Emergency department; Non specific abdominal pain; Operations; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ICELAND; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ICELAND; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955164844     PISSN: 00237213     EISSN: 16704959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17992/lbl.2011.04.363     Document Type: Article

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