Elective versus emergency surgery for ulcerative colitis: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-338

  Patel, Supriya S ^a   Patel, Madhukar S ^b   Goldfarb, Melanie ^a   Ortega, Adrian ^a   Ault, Glenn T ^a   Kaiser, Andreas M ^a   Senagore, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elective; Emergency; Medical therapy; Surgery; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGICAL INFECTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874116277     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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