Assessment of risk factors for 30-Day hospital readmission after surgical cytoreduction in epithelial ovarian carcinoma

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 806-810

  Fauci, Janelle M ^a,c   Schneider, Kellie E ^a   Frederick, Peter J ^a,b   Wilding, Gregory ^b   Consiglio, Joe ^b   Sutton, Amelia L ^a   Kilgore, Larry C ^a,d   Barnes, Mack N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Ovarian carcinoma; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; COMORBIDITY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIAL OVARY CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUND COMPLICATION;

EID: 82955186882     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e3182157a19     Document Type: Article

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