Mortality in high-risk emergency general surgical admissions

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1318-1325

  Symons, N R A ^a   Moorthy, K ^a   Almoudaris, A M ^a   Bottle, A ^b   Aylin, P ^b   Vincent, C A ^a   Faiz, O D ^c  

^a Clinical Safety Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84881669590     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9208     Document Type: Article

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