Positive predictive value of the AHRQ patient safety indicator "postoperative wound dehiscence"

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 962-967

  Cevasco, Marisa ^a,b   Borzecki, Ann M ^c,d,e,f   McClusky III, David A ^f   Chen, Qi ^a,d   Shin, Marlena H ^a   Itani, Kamal M F ^b,e,g   Rosen, Amy K ^a,d  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY INDICATOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CLINICAL CODING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957610197     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.01.053     Document Type: Article

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