One-and two-year outcomes and predictors of mortality following emergency laparotomy: A consecutive series from a united kingdom teaching hospital

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2060-2067

  Awad, Sherif ^a   Herrod, Philip J J ^a   Palmer, Rachel ^a   Carty, Hyun Mi ^a   Abercrombie, John F ^a   Brooks, Adam ^a   De Beer, Thearina ^a   Mole, Jonathan ^a   Lobo, Dileep N ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867857247     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1614-0     Document Type: Article

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