Safe and early discharge after colorectal surgery due to C-reactive protein: A diagnostic meta-analysis of 1832 patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-250

  Warschkow, Rene ^a,b   Beutner, Ulrich ^a   Steffen, Thomas ^a   Müller, Sascha A ^a   Schmied, Bruno M ^a   Güller, Ulrich ^a   Tarantino, Ignazio ^a  

^a Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; colorectal surgery; diagnostic meta analysis; discharge; early; negative predictive value; postoperative infectious complications; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863824692     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31825b60f0     Document Type: Article

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