Colectomy performance improvement within NSQIP 2005-2008

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ozhathil, Deepak K ^a   Li, Youfu ^a   Smith, Jillian K ^a   Witkowski, Elan ^a   Coyne, Elizaveta Ragulin ^a   Alavi, Karim ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

colectomy; complications; general surgery; NSQIP; outcomes; performance; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREND STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054715943     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.06.052     Document Type: Article

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