Systemic inflammation worsens outcomes in emergency surgical patients

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1140-1149

  Becher, Robert D ^a   Hoth, J Jason ^a   Miller, Preston R ^a   Meredith, J Wayne ^a   Chang, Michael C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EGS; Inflammation; Outcomes; SIRS

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864556661     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182516a97     Document Type: Article

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