Major abdominal surgery in nursing home residents: A national study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 921-926

  Finlayson, Emily ^a,b   Wang, Li ^c   Landefeld, C Seth ^b,d   Dudley, R Adams ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Statin Med   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; AGING; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; DUODENAL ULCER BLEEDING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL CARE; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855170090     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182383a78     Document Type: Article

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