Effect of occurrence of infection-related never events on length of stay and hospital charges in patients undergoing radical neck dissection for head and neck cancer

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-158

  Lee, Min Kyeong ^a   Dodson, Thomas B ^b   Karimbux, Nadeem Y ^c   Nalliah, Romesh P ^a   Allareddy, Veerasathpurush ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NECK DISSECTION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NECK DISSECTION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880243370     PISSN: 22124403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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