A Root-Cause Analysis of Mortality Following Major Pancreatectomy

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-103

  Vollmer Jr , Charles Mahlon ^a   Sanchez, Norberto ^a   Gondek, Stephen ^a   McAuliffe, John ^b,c   Kent, Tara S ^a   Christein, John D ^b,c   Callery, Mark P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c International Multi institutional Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Mortality; Outcomes; Pancreatectomy; Risk prediction; Root cause analysis; Whipple's resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855354937     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1753-x     Document Type: Article

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