Availability of acute care surgeons improves outcomes in patients requiring emergent colon surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 837-842

  Moore, Laura J ^a   Turner, Krista L ^b   Jones, Stephen L ^b   Fahy, Bridget N ^b   Moore, Frederick A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Benchmarking; Colectomy; Emergency surgery; Sepsis; Surgical sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; COLON CANCER; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON ISCHEMIA; COLON PERFORATION; COLON SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82655173778     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.07.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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