Assessing readmission after general, vascular, and thoracic surgery using ACS-NSQIP

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 430-437

  Lucas, Donald J ^a   Haider, Adil ^b   Haut, Elliot ^b   Dodson, Rebecca ^b   Wolfgang, Christopher L ^b   Ahuja, Nita ^b   Sweeney, John ^c   Pawlik, Timothy M ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Length of stay; Outcomes; Readmissions; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84884529511     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a18fcc     Document Type: Conference Paper

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