The effect of clinical pathways for bariatric surgery on perioperative quality of care

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 732-739

  Ronellenfitsch, Ulrich ^a   Schwarzbach, Matthias ^b   Kring, Anne ^a   Kienle, Peter ^a   Post, Stefan ^a   Hasenberg, Till ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Clinical pathways; Outcomes; Perioperative care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CATHETER CARE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862681746     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-012-0605-4     Document Type: Article

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