Hospital type predicts surgical complications for infants with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1079-1082

  Kelley Quon, Lorraine I ^a,b   Tseng, Chi Hong ^a   Jen, Howard C ^a   Shew, Stephen B ^a  

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PYLOROMYOTOMY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PYLORIC STENOSIS, HYPERTROPHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866770023     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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