Improving mortality following emergent surgery in older patients requires focus on complication rescue

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 614-617

  Sheetz, Kyle H ^a   Waits, Seth A ^a   Krell, Robert W ^a   Campbell, Darrell A ^a   Englesbe, Michael J ^a   Ghaferi, Amir A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly surgery; Emergent surgery; Failure to rescue; Geriatric surgery; Surgical collaborative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; ANESTHESIST; CHRONIC DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL SURGERY; GERIATRIC CARE; NOTE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSING HOME; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84884473131     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a5021d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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