A research agenda for emergency general surgery: Clinical trials

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 329-333

  Morris, John A ^a   Diaz, Jose ^b   Fildes, John ^c   May, Addison K ^a   Britt, L D ^d   Meredith, J Wayne ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; NECROTIZING SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; OPEN ABDOMINAL TECHNIQUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84872071737     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827542cd     Document Type: Article

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