Transfer status is a risk factor for increased in-hospital mortality in patients with diverticular hemorrhage

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-276

  Dao, Haisar E ^a   Miller, Peter E ^a   Lee, Justin H ^a   Kermani, Reza ^a   Hackford, Alan W ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diverticular hemorrhage; Mortality; Total abdominal colectomy; Transfer status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERTICULAR HEMORRHAGE; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSFER; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879507130     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-012-1568-6     Document Type: Article

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