Factors predicting need for and delay in surgery in small bowel obstruction

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 403-407

  Leung, Anna Mary ^a   Vu, Huan ^b  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY DELAY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84862899397     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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