Association between Surgical Care Improvement Program venous thromboembolism measures and postoperative events

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 591-597

  Altom, Laura K ^a,b,c   Deierhoi, Rhiannon J ^a   Grams, Jayleen ^b   Richman, Joshua S ^a,b   Vick, Catherine C ^a   Henderson, William G ^d   Itani, Kamal M F ^e   Hawn, Mary T ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Deep venous thrombosis; DVT; PE; Postoperative outcomes; Pulmonary embolism; SCIP measure; SCIP measures; Surgical Care Improvement Program; Venous thromboembolism; VTE; VTE risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGERY; SURGICAL CARE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84868596363     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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