Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio in outcome prediction after emergency abdominal surgery in the elderly

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 157-162

  Vaughan Shaw, P G ^a   Rees, J R E ^b   King, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Acute; Aged 80 and over; Laparotomy; Multivariate analysis; Outcome assessment (health care); Post operative complications

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84860124610     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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