Surgical Intensive care unit admission variables predict subsequent readmission

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 583-588

  Lissauer, Matthew E ^a   Diaz, Jose J ^a   Narayan, Mayur ^a   Shah, Paulesh K ^a   Hanna, Nader N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL WARD;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878234357     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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