The use of Modified Early Warning Score may help anesthesists in postoperative level of care selection in emergency abdominal surgery

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1034-1038

  Peris, A ^a   Zagli, G ^a   MacCarrone, N ^a   Batacchi, S ^a   Cammelli, R ^a   Cecchi, A ^a   Perretta, L ^a   Bechi, P ^a  

^a Careggi Teaching Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency medical service; Intensive care units; Operative; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLECYSTITIS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RECOVERY ROOM; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY RATE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84866391841     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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