Readmission after colorectal surgery is related to preoperative clinical conditions and major complications

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1087-1092

  Kwaan, Mary R ^a   Vogler, Sarah A ^b   Sun, Mark Y ^a   Sirany, Anne Marie E ^c   Melton, Genevieve B ^a   Madoff, Robert D ^a   Rothenberger, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Complications; Hospital discharge; Outcome; Readmission; Rehospitalization

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DEHYDRATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84884473746     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31829aa758     Document Type: Article

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