Examining the myth of the "july Phenomenon" in surgical patients

Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 332-338

  Ehlert, Bryan A ^a   Nelson, John T ^a   Goettler, Claudia E ^a   Parker, Frank M ^a   Bogey, William M ^a   Powell, Charles S ^a   Stoner, Michael C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; BOWEL OPENING REPAIR; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960894952     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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