A fast track recovery program significantly reduces hospital length of stay following uncomplicated pancreaticoduodenectomy

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-70

  Nikfarjam, Mehrdad ^a   Weinberg, Laurence ^a   Low, Nicholas ^a   Fink, Michael A ^a   Muralidharan, Vijayaragavan ^a   Houli, Nezor ^a   Starkey, Graham ^a   Jones, Robert ^a   Christophi, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Outcome assessment (health care); Pancreatectomy; Patient readmission; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST TRACK RECOVERY PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY TUBE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874915976     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6092/1590-8577/1223     Document Type: Article

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