Effect of intermediate care on mortality following emergency abdominal surgery. The InCare trial: Study protocol, rationale and feasibility of a randomised multicentre trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Vester Andersen, Morten ^a   Waldau, Tina ^a   Wetterslev, Jørn ^b   Møller, Morten Hylander ^b   Rosenberg, Jacob ^a   Jørgensen, Lars Nannestad ^a   Gillesberg, Inger ^a   Jakobsen, Henrik Loft ^a   Hansen, Egon Godthåb ^a   Poulsen, Lone Musaeus ^a   Skovdal, Jan ^a   Søgaard, Ellen Kristine ^a   Bestle, Morten ^a   Vilandt, Jesper ^a   Rosenberg, Iben ^a   Berthelsen, Rasmus Ehrenfried ^a   Pedersen, Jens ^c   Madsen, Mogens Rørbæk ^c   Feurstein, Thomas ^d   Busse, Malene Just ^d   Andersen, Johnny D H ^d   Maschmann, Christian ^a   Rasmussen, Morten ^a   Jessen, Christian ^e   Bugge, Lasse ^e   Ørding, Helle ^e   Møller, Ann Merete ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Hospital of Southern Jutland   (Denmark)

^e LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

APACHE II score; Clinical trial; Emergency; High dependency unit; Intermediate care; Length of stay; Mortality; Postoperative care; Randomised; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; APACHE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMEDIATE CARE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL WARD;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84873023865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-37     Document Type: Article

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