When is death inevitable after emergency laparotomy? Analysis of the american college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program database

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 503-511

  Al Temimi, Mohammed H ^a   Griffee, Matthew ^a   Enniss, Toby M ^a   Preston, Robert ^a   Vargo, Daniel ^a   Overton, Sean ^a   Kimball, Edward ^a   Barton, Richard ^a   Nirula, Raminder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866360176     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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