The accuracy of complications documented in a prospective complication registry

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-59

  Veen, Eelco J ^a   Janssen Heijnen, Maryska L G ^b   Bosma, Eelke ^c   De Jongh, Maryska A C ^c   Roukema, Jan A ^c  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

complication registration; outcome measurement; quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; COMPLICATION REGISTRY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NETHERLANDS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRAUMATOLOGY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857063761     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.08.042     Document Type: Article

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