Impact of a care pathway in acute pancreatitis

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1027, 2011, Pages 379-381

  McCallum, Iain J D ^a   Hicks, Gareth J ^a   Attwood, Stephen ^a   Seymour, Keith ^a  

^a NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ENGLAND; GALLSTONES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955583105     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.002113rep     Document Type: Article

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