Risk factors for 30-day postoperative complications and mortality after below-knee amputation: A study of 2,911 patients from the national surgical quality improvement program

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 370-378

  Belmont Jr , Philip J ^a   Davey, Shaunette ^a   Orr, Justin D ^a   Ochoa, Leah M ^a   Bader, Julia O ^b   Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a  

^a Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS; American College of Surgeons; American Society of Anesthesiologists; ASA; National Surgical Quality Improvement Program; NSQIP; Odds Ratio; OR

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AMPUTATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052960575     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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